दृष्ट्वा तु नृपतिः श्रीमानेकचित्तगतं पुरम्। निपपातैव दुःखेन कृत्तमूल इव दुमः॥
dṛṣṭvā tu nṛpatiḥ śrīmānekacittagataṃ puram| nipapātaiva duḥkhena kṛttamūla iva dumaḥ||
English Meaning
And beholding the citizens absorbed in one thought, the auspicious monarch fell down in grief like a tree whose roots have been severed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)