A princess and her handmaidens are depicted watching the approaching monsoon storm with a mixture of apprehension and relief at the start of the rainy season during the month of Shr𓄧avana (July-August). The composition appears to illustrate the following verse from the Kavipriya by Keshavdas:

'The lightnin💙g is restless as it flashes in the turbulent clouds.

The peacocks announce the mating of earth ꦡaඣnd sky with their shrill cries.

All lovers meet in the month of Shravana -♍ so then why forsake me my love?'

Compare the present painting with another similar scene in the San Diego Museum of Art, illustrated in Goswamy and Smith, Domains of Wonder, San Diego, 2005, fig. 108.

See also a closely related work 𒆙of similar s🎃ize, circa 1840, titled "Palace Women Watching theApproaching Storm", sold at Christie's New York, 18th September 2013, lot 363. Compare also a painting sold at Christies London, 25th May 2017, lot 53.