उपशान्तवणिकपण्या नष्टहर्षा निराश्रया। अयोध्या नगरी चासीन्नष्टतारमिवाम्बरम्॥
upaśāntavaṇikapaṇyā naṣṭaharṣā nirāśrayā| ayodhyā nagarī cāsīnnaṣṭatāramivāmbaram||
English Meaning
The shops of the tradesmen being closed, and festive mirth having disappeared, and people becoming defenceless, the city of Ayodhyā resembled the firmament deprived of the stars.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)