Chapter 62 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 62

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 62.17

तं हि चिन्तयमानायाः शोकोऽयं हृदि वर्धते। नदीनामिव वेगेन समुद्रसलिलं महत्॥

taṃ hi cintayamānāyāḥ śoko'yaṃ hṛdi vardhate| nadīnāmiva vegena samudrasalilaṃ mahat||

English Meaning

And fostered by thought on my part, this grief increases in my bosom, like the mighty waters of the ocean increased by the vehement discharge of rivers.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)