The Story of Surasundarī 13.8

13.8

ghāsindhaṇahāṇīē kicchēṇacchantayammi puralōē
jantavimukkamahōvalanihāyanivaḍantapāyārē

when the city folk were reduced to misery through lack of grass and firewood,
and the ramparts were collapsing, struck by huge boulders hurled by siege-engines;