Like night without the Moon, like a woman forsaken by her husband, this city of Ayodhya without that magnanimous king has lost its earlier splendour. [2-66-24]
बाष्पपर्याकुलजना हाहाभूतकुलाङ्गना | शून्यचत्वरवेश्मान्ता न बभ्राज यथापुरम् || २-६६-२५
With the people of Ayodhya shedding tears, the housewives crying, in anguish, 'alas alas', the courtyards of the houses and squares of the roads deserted, the city has lost its earlier brilliance. [2-66-25]