O charioteer, the city appears to me like a wilderness. And I do not as formerly behold the flower of the city leaving or entering her on cars or elephants or horses.
अरण्यभूतेव पुरी सारथे प्रतिभाति माम्। सह्यत्र यानैर्दृश्यन्ते न गर्न च वाजिभिः। निर्यान्तो वाभियान्तो वा नरमुख्या यथा पुरा॥