Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.17
sahasā yuddha-śauṇḍena hayāroheṇa vāhitām
nikṣipta-bhāṇḍām utsṛṣṭāṁ kiśorīm iva durbalām
sahasā = suddenly; yuddha-śauṇḍena = capable of war; haya-āroheṇa = by a heroic horseman; vāhitām = which had been ridden; nikṣipta-bhāṇḍām = and whose ornaments had been taken away; utsṛṣṭām = which had been abandoned; kiśorīm = a young mare; iva = Ayodhyā resembled; durbalām = weak.
Ayodhyā resembled a young weak mare which had been ridden by a heroic horseman capable of war, which had been suddenly abandoned and whose ornaments had been taken away.