And in temples and Caityas birds and beasts appear dispirited. And in the city I behold men and women pale and woe-begone and emaciated and anxious, with tears filling their eyes.
देवायतनचैत्येषु दीनाः पक्षिगास्तथा॥ मलिनं चाश्रुपूर्णाक्षं दीनं ध्यानपरं कृशम्। सस्त्र.पुरां च पश्याम जनमुत्कण्ठितं पुरे॥