Mahabharata 12.37.41

ग्रामधान्यं यथा शून्यं यथा कूपश्च निर्जलःयथा हुतमनग्नौ च तथैव स्यान्निराकृतौ

grāmadhānyaṃ yathā śūnyaṃ yathā kūpaśca nirjalaḥyathā hutamanagnau ca tathaiva syānnirākṛtau

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.