Chapter 117 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 117.3

स्कन्धावारनिवेशेन तेन तस्य महात्मनः। हयहस्तिकरीषैश्च उपमर्दः कृतो भृशम्॥

skandhāvāraniveśena tena tasya mahātmanaḥ| hayahastikarīṣaiśca upamardaḥ kṛto bhṛśam||

English Meaning

And in consequence of the troops of that highsouled one having quartered here as well as the dung discharged by his elephants and horses, this place has got exceedingly dirty.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)