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तद्वनं मथितैर्वृक्षैर्भिन्नैश्च सलिलाशयैः । चूर्णितैः पर्वताग्रैश्च बभूवाप्रियदर्शनम् ॥ ५-४१-१६
That garden looked ugly with uprooted trees, breached ponds and powdered mountain peaks. [5-41-16]
english translation
नानाशकुन्तविरुतैः प्रभिन्नैस्सलिलाशयैः । ताम्रैः किसलयैः क्लान्तै: क्लान्तद्रुमलतायुतम् ॥ ५-४१-१७
Vines and trees wilted, birds shrieking, the embankments of ponds destroyed, its tender coppery red shoots withered - [5-41-17]
english translation
न बभौ तद्वनं तत्र दावानलहतं यथा । व्याकुलावरणा रेजुर्विह्वला इव ता लताः ॥ ५-४१-१८
- the garden looked as though it is burnt by forest fire and the climbers looked like women shivering in fear with their robes disarrayed. [5-41-18]
english translation
लतागृहैश्चित्रगृहैश्च नाशितैर्महोरगैर्व्यालमृगैश्च निर्धुतैः । शिलागृहैरुन्मथितैस्तथा गृहैः प्रणष्टरूपं तदभून्महद्वनम् ॥ ५-४१-१९
The great garden lay disfigured, with the arbours and the picture galleries ruined, huge serpents and wild animals scattered, with stone houses and sheds destroyed. [5-41-18]
english translation
सा विह्वलाऽशोकलताप्रताना वनस्थली शोकलताप्रताना । जाता दशास्यप्रमदावनस्य कपेर्बलाद्धि प्रमदावनस्य ॥ ५-४१-२०
That woody land of that pleasure-garden which afforded shelter to the women-folk of Ravana and which has clusters of Ashoka creepers became a jumble of creepers of sorrow for the distressed women; by the violence of Hanuman. [5-41-20]
english translation