Like the Earth with her mountains bereft of Purandara, Ayodhya, bereft of Rama, shook, agitated by fear and grief; and the citizens with elephants and warriors uttered exclamations of distress.
ततस्त्वयोध्या रहिता महात्मना पुरंदरेणेव मही सपर्वता। चचाल घोरं भयशोकदीपिता सनागयोधाश्वगणा ननाद च॥