तां शून्यशृङ्गाटकवेश्मरथ्यां रजोरुणद्वारकवाटयन्त्राम्। दृष्ट्वा पुरीमिन्द्रपुरीप्रकाशां दुःखेन सम्पूर्णतरो बभूव॥
tāṃ śūnyaśṛṅgāṭakaveśmarathyāṃ rajoruṇadvārakavāṭayantrām| dṛṣṭvā purīmindrapurīprakāśāṃ duḥkhena sampūrṇataro babhūva||
English Meaning
Beholding the city resembling the city of Indra, with her crossings and houses and roads void of people, and the doors and hinges covered with dust, Bharata was filled with greater grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)