Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 114: Ayodhyā’s loss of Splendor
Text 2.114.29
तरुणैश्चारुवेषैश्च नरैरुन्नतगामिभिः।
संपतद्भिरयोध्यायां नाभिभान्ति महापथाः॥
taruṇaiś cāru-veṣaiś ca narair unnatagāmibhiḥ
sampatadbhir ayodhyāyāṁ nābhibhānti mahā-pathāḥ
taruṇaiḥ = young; cāru-veṣaiḥ = wearing charming garments; ca = and; naraiḥ = with men; unnatagāmibhiḥ sampatadbhiḥ = men walking proudly upon arriving; ayodhyāyām = in Ayodhyā; na = don’t; abhibhānti = glitter; mahā-pathāḥ = the grand roads.
The grand roads don’t glitter with young men wearing charming garments and men walking proudly upon arriving in Ayodhyā.