Verse 23

काननोपान्तनगरीघुंघुमाकर्णनेच्छया ।क्षणमुत्कर्णमाशान्तचारुवर्वणटांकृतैः

In plain words

— for a moment, ears pricked in the wish to catch the hum of the city at the forest's edge, the lovely sound of their chewing fallen still;