api - whether; naḥ - of us; smaryate - are remembered; brahman - O brāhmaṇa; vṛttam - what we did; nivasatām - who were living; gurau - with our spiritual master; guru - of our guru; dāraiḥ - by the wife; coditānām - who were sent; indhana - firewood; anayane - for fetching; kvacit - once; praviṣṭānām - having entered; mahā-araṇyam - the large forest; apa-ṛtau - unseasonal; su-mahat - very great; dvija - O twice-born one; vāta - wind; varṣam - and rain; abhūt - arose; tīvram - fierce; niṣṭhurāḥ - harsh; stanayitnavaḥ - thundering.

O brāhmaṇa, do you remember what happened to us while we were living with our spiritual master? Once our guru’s wife sent us to fetch firewood, and after we entered the vast forest, O twice-born one, an unseasonal storm arose, with fierce wind and rain and harsh thunder.