Chapter 47 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 47.6

तदहः प्रथमं कृत्वा मासे प्रस्रवणं गताः। कपिराजेन संगम्य निराशाः कपिकुञ्जराः॥

tadahaḥ prathamaṃ kṛtvā māse prasravaṇaṃ gatāḥ| kapirājena saṃgamya nirāśāḥ kapikuñjarāḥ||

English Meaning

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.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)