- and numerous wealthy people inhabits Ayodhya. It is being ruled by several rajarshis. Earlier, I used to hear the great clattering noise of..... - [2-71-21]
- stroll all over, I do not see. I see no cheerfulness in any one. Now people full of passion have abandoned that ( the gardens ) as if weeping. [2-71-23]
अरण्यभूतेव पुरी सारथे प्रतिभाति मे | न ह्यत्र यानैर्दृश्यन्ते न गजैर्न च वाजिभिः | निर्यान्तो वाऽभियान्तो वा नरमुख्या यथापुरम् || २-७१-२४
Oh ! charioteer, to me, the city looks like a forest. Important people in carriages or on elephants or horses are not seen going out of the city or coming in...... - [2-71-24]