And deprived of their sense, and tried with thirst, and bewildered, and thirsting for water, they for a time vigilantly descended in darkness down the cave. And emaciated, with woebegone faces, and spent, those monkeys despairing of their lives, (at last) saw light.
ते नष्टसंज्ञास्तृषिताः सम्भ्रान्ताः सलिलार्थिनः॥ परिपेतुर्बिले तस्मिन् कंचित् कालमतन्द्रिताः। ते कृशा दीनवदनाः परिश्रान्ताः प्लवङ्गमाः॥ आलोकं ददृशुर्वीरा निराशा जीविते यदा।