When will the moon give me pleasure by its rays of cool, peaceful nectar flowing from its mouth out of attraction for me as I pursue the deer, while my heart, like a land lotus, burns with the feverish flames of the forest fire of separation from my son? Noticing that the rays of the moon are burning him, he expresses his desire. “In separation from my son the cool rays of the moon have become hot. Ah! When will the time come when the young deer will come back to me? The moon will then cool me down.” Will the moon turn me, who pursues the deer, into nectar (sudhayati)? [Note: This is an alternate version. ] Will it turn me into nectar by inundating my limbs burning in separation from the deer with its nectar, by its rays made of nectar flowing as water constantly from its mouth, cool and peaceful, intensified by attraction for me? The verb sudhāyati is formed by taking sudhāvat (like nectar) and dropping the suffix vat according to the rule vinmator luk (Pāṇini 5.3.65) Just as persons skilful in mantras cool fever by applying water from their mouths, the moon should apply water from its mouth on me. Another version has upasṛta-mṛgī-tanayaḥ. The meaning would then be “When will the deer pacify me out of affection by the touch of his mouth on my limbs?”