so 'tīva samupajātapriyāvirahaśokāścudurdinavadanaścintājaladhimavagāhamāno 'tiśayasañjātaśarīrakraśmimāparibhramannitas tataḥ katham api saṅkṣepād ṛtuparṇasya rājño 'nujīvṛttimāsthāyāviditasthito 'bhūt /
He, extremely afflicted by grief from separation from [his] beloved, with [his] face clouded by tears, immersing [himself] in an ocean of anxiety, having become exceedingly emaciated in body, wandering here and there, somehow in brief took up service under King Ṛtuparṇa and remained [there] unrecognized.