शोकपरायण: engrossed in grief, अन्तर्गतमना: भूत्वा having been introspective, मुहु: again and again, क्रौञ्चीम् एव about female krauncha bird, शोचन् lamenting, पुन: again, इमम् श्लोकम् this sloka, जगौ recited.

Griefstricken, Valmiki having become introspective and lamenting the plight of the female krauncha again and again, recited this sloka.