Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.28
कदा नु खलु मे भ्राता महोत्सव इवागतः।
जनयिष्यत्ययोध्यायां हर्षं ग्रीष्म इवाम्बुदः॥
kadā nu khalu me bhrātā mahotsava ivāgataḥ
janayiṣyaty ayodhyāyāṁ harṣaṁ grīṣma ivāmbudaḥ
kadā nu = when; khalu = oh; me = My; bhrātā = brother; mahā-utsavaḥ = a great festive; iva = like; āgataḥ = will arrive; janayiṣyati = and bring about; ayodhyāyām = in Ayodhyā; harṣam = joy; grīṣmaḥ iva = in summer; ambudaḥ = cloud.
Oh, when will My brother arrive like a great festive cloud in summer and bring about joy in Ayodhyā?