Verse 23

पाण्डुराननमाम्लानं वृक्षपर्णमिवारसम् ।शवीभूतमिवाग्लानं छिन्ननालमिवाम्बुजम्

In plain words

his face pallid and withered, like a tree-leaf drained of sap; become like a corpse, and yet not decayed, like a lotus whose stalk has been severed;