तत्रापश्यदसौ सर्वं विषण्णवदनं जनम् ।जालं कुङ्कुमपुष्पाणां भुक्तमूलमिवाखुना
In plain words
There he saw all the people with downcast faces -- like a whole bed of saffron-blossoms whose roots a mouse has gnawed away.
तत्रापश्यदसौ सर्वं विषण्णवदनं जनम् ।जालं कुङ्कुमपुष्पाणां भुक्तमूलमिवाखुना
There he saw all the people with downcast faces -- like a whole bed of saffron-blossoms whose roots a mouse has gnawed away.