Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.18
शुष्कतोयां महामत्स्यैः कूर्मैश्च बहुभिर्वृताम्।
प्रभिन्नतटविस्तीर्णां वापीमिव हृतोत्पलाम्॥
śuṣka-toyāṁ mahā-matsyaiḥ kūrmaiś ca bahubhir vṛtām
prabhinna-taṭa-vistīrṇāṁ vāpīm iva hṛtotpalām
śuṣka-toyām = whose water had dried up; mahā-matsyaiḥ = with large fish; kūrmaiḥ = turtles; ca = and; bahubhiḥ = many; vṛtām = which was filled; prabhinna-taṭa-vistīrṇām = whose extensive banks had cracked; vāpīm = a lake; iva = Ayodhyā resembled; hṛta-utpalām = and which was [now] devoid of lotuses.
Ayodhyā resembled a lake whose water had dried up, which was filled with large fish and many turtles, whose extensive banks had cracked, and which was [now] devoid of lotuses.