He is to be kept under surveillance even at Sanuki, where he has been exiled, and Sutoku identifies himself with Hikaru Genji, ARIWARA no Narihira and Emperor Junnin (Awaji haitei, or the eliminated emperor), who had once gone into exile, lamenting the harshness of his fate.
流された讃岐でも厳重に監視されることになり、崇徳は光源氏・在原行平・淳仁天皇（淡路廃帝）ら、かつて流離にあった人々に自身を重ね合わせて、我が身の不運を思い嘆く。