Then Kumbha seized Sugriva by the arms. And like two elephants in rut, they sighing momentarily, fastened on each other's person, and possessed each other, and from fatigue emitting from their mouth flames mixed with vapour.
ततः कुम्भस्तु सुग्रीवं बाहुभ्यां जगृहे तदा। गजाविवावीतमदौ निःश्वसन्तौ मुहुर्मुहुः॥ अन्योन्यगात्रग्रथितौ घर्षन्तावितरेतरम्। सधूमां मुखतो ज्वालां विसृजन्तौ परिश्रमात्॥