Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.22
किंनु खल्वद्य गम्भीरो मूर्च्छितो न निशम्यते।
यथापुरमयोध्यायां गीतवादित्रनिःस्वनः॥
kiṁ nu khalv adya gambhīro mūrcchito na niśamyate
yathā-puram ayodhyāyāṁ gīta-vāditra-niḥsvanaḥ
kim nu khalu = alas; adya = today; gambhīraḥ = the dense; mūrcchitaḥ = and enhanced; na = is not; niśamyate = heard; yathā-puram = like before; ayodhyāyām = in Ayodhyā; gīta-vāditra-niḥsvanaḥ = sound of songs and music.
Alas, the dense and enhanced sound of songs and music is not heard in Ayodhyā today like before.