I behold the houses of the citizens unswept and unsightly with the doors flung open, and destitute of grace, without sacrifices and other religious ceremonies, without the incense of Dhūpa, the citizens fasting, and the people appearing with faded countenance, displaying no flags, etc., The abodes of the deities are not decorated with garlands, and their courts are unclean; and remaining vacant, they look. no longer beautiful as formerly.
सम्मार्जनविहीनानि परुषाण्युपलक्षये। असंयतकवाटानि श्रीविहीनानि सर्वशः॥ बलिकर्मविहीनानि धूपसम्मोदनेन च। अनाशितकुटुम्बानि प्रभाहीनजनानि च॥ अलक्ष्मीकानि पश्यामि कुटिम्बिभवनान्यहम्। अपेतमाल्यशोभानि असम्मृष्टाजिराणि च॥ देवागाराणि शून्यानि न भान्तीह यथा पुरा।