वृक्णभूमितलाम् surface riven, वृक्णपात्रैः with broken pots, समावृताम् scattered around, निम्नाम् like a dale, उपयुक्तोदकाम् water used up, भग्नाम् broken, निपतिताम् sunken, प्रपामिव like a well.

(Ayodhya appeared) like a ruined well, its foundations broken and sunken into the earth, its water used up, with broken pots scattered around, its riven surface forming a dale.