Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 42: Daśaratha Goes to Kausalyā’s Residence in Distress
Text 2.42.25
महाहदमिवाक्षोभ्यं सुपर्णेन हृतोरगम्।
रामेण रहितं वेश्म वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च॥
mahā-hrādam ivākṣobhyaṁ suparṇena hṛtoragam
rāmeṇa rahitaṁ veśma vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca
mahā-hrādam = large lake; iva = it resembled; akṣobhyam = an immovable; suparṇena = by Garuḍa; hṛta-uragam = whose snakes had been snatched; rāmeṇa = of Rāma; rahitam = was devoid; veśma = his residence; vaidehyā = Vaidehī; lakṣmaṇena = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and.
His residence was devoid of Rāma, Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa. It resembled an immovable large lake whose snakes had been snatched by Garuḍa.