This painting illustrates the rainy month of Bhadon (August-september). The lovers are seated in a balcony of a house in a garden watching a flight of cranes.On hearing the thunder-clap following a flash of lightening the lady embraces her lover. The painting is inspired by following poem of the renowned hindi poet Keshav Das :
The purple clouds are gathering, the thunder
rolls and rain pours in torrents.
The wind blows fiercely, the cicadas chirp,
the lions roar, and elephants fell the trees.
The day is dark like the night, and
one's own home is the best.
Pray leave me not in the month of Bhadon
for separation pains like poison.
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