ततः सबालवृद्धा सा पुरी परमपीडिता। राममेवाभिदुद्राव घर्तिः सलिलं यथा॥
tataḥ sabālavṛddhā sā purī paramapīḍitā| rāmamevābhidudrāva ghartiḥ salilaṃ yathā||
English Meaning
And the entire city containing, young and old, extremely afflicted, rushed after Rāma, like persons oppressed with the heat of the sun rushing towards water.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)