The streets swarmed with rats and mice. Earthen pots showed cracks or broken from no visible cause. At night, the rats and mice ate away the hair and nails of sleeping men.
विवृद्धमूषिका रथ्या विभिन्नमणिकास्तथा। केशा नखाश्च सुप्तानामद्यन्ते मूषिकैर्निशि॥