Ramayana

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विधूमामिव हेमाभामध्वराग्नेः समुत्थिताम् | हविरभ्युक्षितां पश्चाच्छिखां विप्रलयं गताम् || २-११४-५

sanskrit

Ayodhya looked like a flame of sacrificial fire which when oblation is poured into it, rises like a golden cone without smoke and thereafter sinks into extinction (ash). [2-114-5]

english translation

vidhUmAmiva hemAbhAmadhvarAgneH samutthitAm | havirabhyukSitAM pazcAcchikhAM vipralayaM gatAm || 2-114-5

hk transliteration