Ardhakathanak 293

293

bhaī bhīra bājāra maĩ, khālī kou na hāṭa.
kahū̃ ṭhaura nahĩ pāie, ghara ghara die kapāṭa. //

A crowd had gathered in the bazaar, and not a single shop was empty;
nowhere could a place be found, for every house had closed its doors.