Mahabharat

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गन्धर्वनगराकारं हतनागम इव हरदम शुष्कवृक्षम इवारण्यम अदृश्यम अभवत पुरम ॥ ३-१७०-५९ ॥

sanskrit

'The city, once resembling the abode of Gandharvas, now appeared like a forest of dry trees, or like a wilderness devoid of life, having lost its former glory, like a serpent struck down. ' ॥ 3-170-59 ॥

english translation

gandharvanagarAkAraM hatanAgama iva haradama zuSkavRkSama ivAraNyama adRzyama abhavata purama ॥ 3-170-59 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/170/59

गन्धर्वनगराकारं हतनागम इव हरदम शुष्कवृक्षम इवारण्यम अदृश्यम अभवत पुरम ॥ ३-१७०-५९ ॥

sanskrit

'The city, once resembling the abode of Gandharvas, now appeared like a forest of dry trees, or like a wilderness devoid of life, having lost its former glory, like a serpent struck down. ' ॥ 3-170-59 ॥

english translation

gandharvanagarAkAraM hatanAgama iva haradama zuSkavRkSama ivAraNyama adRzyama abhavata purama ॥ 3-170-59 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript