शून्यसंवरणारक्षामयन्त्रितहयद्विपाम्। अनावृतपुरद्वारां राजधानीमरक्षिताम्॥ अप्रहृष्टबलां शून्यां विषमस्थामनावृताम्। शत्रवो नाभिमन्यन्ते भक्ष्यान् विषकृतानिव॥
śūnyasaṃvaraṇārakṣāmayantritahayadvipām| anāvṛtapuradvārāṃ rājadhānīmarakṣitām|| aprahṛṣṭabalāṃ śūnyāṃ viṣamasthāmanāvṛtām| śatravo nābhimanyante bhakṣyān viṣakṛtāniva||
English Meaning
With her walls undefined, her horses and elephants unrestrained, and her gates left open, the defenceless metropolis deprived of her power, placed in peril and without any protection, is surely not regarded by the enemies, like food mixed with poison.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)