श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।तस्यैवंप्रायया तत्र ततयोदारचिन्तया ।सा व्यतीयाय रजनी पद्मस्येवार्ककाङ्क्षिणः
In plain words
Śrī Vālmīki said: For him there, given over to such far-ranging, lofty thought, that night passed away, as it does for a lotus that longs for the sun.