सुग्रीवे (when) Sugriva, गुहम् residence, प्रविष्टे entered, गगने into the sky, घनैः heavy clouds, विमुक्ते is cleared, वर्षरात्रे rainy night, कामशोकाभिपीडितः agonised out of love, रामः Rama, पाण्डुरम् pale white, गगनम् sky, विमलम् clear, चन्द्रमण्डलम् orb of the Moon, दृष्ट्वा seeing, ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम् covered with bright moonlight, शारदीम् of autumn, रजनीं चैव night like, बुद्ध्वा known, कामवृत्तम् engaged in love, सुग्रीवम् Sugriva, नष्टाम् lost, जनकात्मजां च Janaka's daughter, अतीतम् exceeded, कालम् time, दृष्ट्वा seeing, परमातुरः perturbed, मुमोह च swooned.

While Sugriva was in his residence, Rama was (in Prasravana mountain) spending his rainy nights tormented by passion (for Sita). Sugriva was engaged in love, forgetting the time fixed for taking up the search for Sita. When the sky became clear of clouds after the rainy season, Rama sat gazing at the clear autumnal Moon's orb. He was besmeared with moonlight and felt perturbed as time was running out. And then fell into a swoon. (only a few months remained for the completion of the exile and Bharata will put an end to himself if Rama does not return to Ayodhya on the stipulated day. This worried Rama.) Rama's agony accentuated by autumn -- description of the beauty of autumn -- Lakshmana leaves for Sugriva.