गतप्रभा द्यौरिव भास्करं विना व्यपेतनक्षत्रगणेव शर्वरी। पुरी बभासे रहिता महात्मना कण्ठास्रकण्ठाकुलमार्गचत्वरा ॥
gataprabhā dyauriva bhāskaraṃ vinā vyapetanakṣatragaṇeva śarvarī| purī babhāse rahitā mahātmanā kaṇṭhāsrakaṇṭhākulamārgacatvarā ||
English Meaning
And with her terraces overflowing with tears that flooded the throats of the mourners, the city appeared like the welkin without its splendour in the absence of the sun, or the night with the stars enveloped.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)