विनेशुर्जनतास्तत्र बह्वयः क्षुत्क्षामजीविताः ।ज्वलिते विपिने वह्नौ यथा भूतपरम्पराः
In plain words
There, many multitudes of people, their lives wasted thin by hunger, perished -- as unbroken lines of creatures perish when a wildfire blazes through the forest.