चितादीपितविप्रेन्द्रमांसमांसलगन्धया ।जातनीहारमुत्पातवात्ययावकरोद्धतैः
In plain words
-- the city fog-bound under a portentous whirlwind heavy with the reek of the flesh of foremost brāhmaṇas kindled on the pyres, and under the dust and refuse flung up,