निष्कूजमिव भूत्वेदं वनं घोरप्रदर्शनम्। अयोध्येव जनाकीर्णा सम्प्रति प्रतिभाति मे॥
niṣkūjamiva bhūtvedaṃ vanaṃ ghorapradarśanam| ayodhyeva janākīrṇā samprati pratibhāti me||
English Meaning
And this forest, although void of men and dreadful in appearance, at present appears to me like Ayodhyā teeming with people.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)