Keepताभिरेवान्त्रतन्त्रीभिः संशुष्काभिलतावृतैः ।तृष्णाभिरिव दीर्घाभिः परितः परिवेष्टितम्In plain wordsIt was ringed all about by those same cords of gut, withered now and overgrown with creepers, like long-drawn tṛṣṇā coiled around it.