Counting that day* as the first, the principal monkeys, after the month had run out, resigning all hope, came to the Fountain and met with the monkey-king. *i.e. the day of their departure.
तदहः प्रथमं कृत्वा मासे प्रस्रवणं गताः। कपिराजेन संगम्य निराशाः कपिकुञ्जराः॥