Verse 24

अनानन्दमुखं श्यामं शरीरं श्रीविवर्जितम् ।दग्धं स्थलमिवैनं ते बह्वमन्यन्त नाकुलाः

In plain words

They, in their agitation, thought no more of him -- that body with its joyless face, dark, stripped of all splendor -- than of a patch of scorched ground.