Meghaduta 2

2

tasminn adrau kati cid abalāviprayuktaḥ sa kāmī nītvā māsān kanakavalayabhraṃśariktaprakoṣṭhaḥ
āṣāḍhasya praśamadivase megham āśliṣṭasānuṃ vaprakrīḍāpariṇatagajaprekṣaṇīyaṃ dadarśa //

Separated from his wife, having passed several months on these hills pining with desire, his arm having become bare by the slipping off of the golden bracelet; on the first day of Āshāda he saw a mountain-top-embracing cloud, to all appearance, like a butting elephant preparing to thrust against a wall.