 वृक्णभूमितलां निम्नां वृक्णपात्रैस्समावृताम्।

उपयुक्तोदकां भग्नां प्रपां निपतितामिव।।
  
 Ayodhya appeared like a ruined well, its foundations broken and sunken into the earth, its water used up, with broken pots scattered around, its riven surface forming a dale. 