Chapter 71 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 71.27

देवताः प्रविद्धाश्च यज्ञगोष्ठास्तथैव च॥ माल्यापणेषु राजन्ते नाद्य पण्यानि वा तथा। दृश्यन्ते वणिजोऽप्यद्य न यथापूर्वमत्र वै॥ ध्यानसंविग्नहदया नष्टव्यापारयन्त्रिताः।

devatāḥ praviddhāśca yajñagoṣṭhāstathaiva ca|| mālyāpaṇeṣu rājante nādya paṇyāni vā tathā| dṛśyante vaṇijo'pyadya na yathāpūrvamatra vai|| dhyānasaṃvignahadayā naṣṭavyāpārayantritāḥ|

English Meaning

The images are not worshipped; and the places of sacrifice are in a like condition. And garlands are not displayed in the shops where they are sold. And traders looking anxious, with their business stopped, do not look as before.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)