Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.8
त्यक्तां यज्ञायुधैः सर्वैरभिरूपैश्च याजकैः।
सुत्याकाले विनिर्वृत्ते वेदिं गतरवामिव॥
tyaktāṁ yajñāyudhaiḥ sarvair abhirūpaiś ca yājakaiḥ
sutyā-kāle vinirvṛtte vediṁ gata-ravām iva
tyaktām = devoid; yajña-āyudhaiḥ = of sacrificial implements; sarvaiḥ = all; abhirūpaiḥ = prominent; ca = and; yājakaiḥ = sacrificial priests; sutyā-kāle = when the day for sutyā; vinirvṛtte = is over; vedim = altar of sacrifice; gata-ravām = a noiseless; iva = Ayodhyā resembled.
Ayodhyā resembled a noiseless altar of sacrifice devoid of all sacrificial implements and prominent sacrificial priests when the day for sutyā is over.1
1 Sutyā is a day in a soma sacrifice when soma-rasa is extracted.
GLOSS. Yajñāyudhaiḥ indicates that the sacrificial implements resembled weapons in shape.