यथा ह्यनुदका नद्यः यथा वाऽप्यतृणं वनम्। अगोपाला यथा गावस्तथा राष्ट्रमराजकम्।।2.67.29।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
अनुदकाः without water, नद्यः rivers, यथा as, आतृणम् without vegetation, वनम् forest, यथा वा or as, आगोपालाः without cowherds, गावः cows, यथा as, अराजकम् without a king, राष्ट्रम् country, तथा is like that.
English Commentary
(The kingdom without a king) is like rivers without water, forests without vegetation and cows without cowherds.