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Quotation from The Ramayana by Valmiki

“So would a thousand seasons flee Like one sweet day, if spent with thee.”

Valmiki (spoken by Sita)

The Ramayana, Book II, Canto XXVII (Sítá's Speech), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith

Portrait of Valmiki

Sita answers Rama's attempt to leave her behind and insists on sharing his fourteen years in the forest.

Citation: "So would a thousand seasons flee Like one sweet day, if spent with thee." — Valmiki, The Ramayana, Book II, Canto XXVII (Sítá's Speech), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith. (id ramayana-q2)

Portrait: Meeting of Rama and Parashurama, from the Mewar Ramayana, Manohar of Mewar, Public domain.

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