Shloka 2.62.19
अयोध्याकाण्डे द्विषष्टितमः सर्गः — Kausalyā consoles Daśaratha; grief, remorse, and nightfall
तं हि चिन्तयमानाया श्शोकोऽयं हृदि वर्धते।नदीनामिव वेगेन समुद्रसलिलं महत्।।।।
amanās tena śokena rāmaśokena ca prabhuḥ | dvābhyām api mahārāja śokābhyām anvatapyata ||
Broken in spirit by that sorrow and by sorrow for Rāma, the lordly king was tormented by two griefs at once: the earlier grief and the grief born of separation from Rāma.
As I think of Rama, my heart swells with sorrow just as the ocean rises with rushing rivers.
Dharma teaches that actions and their consequences accumulate; unresolved wrongdoing can intensify present suffering and cloud righteous decision-making.
Daśaratha is simultaneously crushed by the memory of his past misdeed and by the present calamity of Rāma’s exile.
The verse emphasizes the seriousness of conscience: a king is not insulated from moral pain when dharma has been compromised.