इयम् this, लङ्का Lanka, अचिरेण without delay, चिताधूमकुलपथा with its atreets enveloped with smoke from funeral pyres, गृध्रमण्डलसङ्कुला thronged with flocks of vultures, श्मशानसदृशी like the burial ground, भवेत् will be.

"Very soon this Lanka will be enveloped with smoke from funeral pyres and thronged with flocks of vultures moving in circles. It will be like a burial ground.