Shloka 4.30.2
शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम् (Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva)
गुहं प्रविष्टे सुग्रीवे विमुक्ते गगने घनैः।वर्षरात्रोषितो रामः कामशोकाभिपीडितः4.30.1।।पाण्डुरं गगनं दृष्ट्वा विमलं चन्द्रमण्डलम्।शारदीं रजनीं चैव दृष्ट्वा ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम्4.30.2।।कामवृत्तं च सुग्रीवं नष्टां च जनकात्मजाम्।बुद्ध्वा कालमतीतं च मुमोह परमातुरः4.30.3।।
pāṇḍuraṁ gaganaṁ dṛṣṭvā vimalaṁ candramaṇḍalam | śāradīṁ rajanīṁ caiva dṛṣṭvā jyotsnānulepanām ||
Seeing the sky grow pale and clear, and beholding the spotless orb of the moon—seeing too the autumn night as though anointed with moonlight—Rāma’s sorrow grew keener as the season changed and the promised time slipped away.
While Sugriva was in his residence, Rama was (in Prasravana mountain) spending his rainy nights tormented by passion (for Sita). Sugriva was engaged in love, forgetting the time fixed for taking up the search for Sita. When the sky became clear of clouds after the rainy season, Rama sat gazing at the clear autumnal Moon's orb. He was besmeared with moonlight and felt perturbed as time was running out. And then fell into a swoon. (only a few months remained for the completion of the exile and Bharata will put an end to himself if Rama does not return to Ayodhya on the stipulated day. This worried Rama.)
Dharma is tested by time and suffering: the verse frames how delays and changing seasons intensify responsibility and urgency without negating steadfastness to truth and duty.
After the rains, the clear autumn moon appears; Rama observes the season’s shift and feels the pressure of elapsed time in the search for Sita.
Perseverance under grief—Rama’s pain is real, yet it becomes a spur toward rightful action rather than abandonment of duty.