The lotuses in the tank no more shine (bright) as they are decayed by age, their filaments and pericarps withered with only stalks remaining. [3-16-26]
त्यक्त्वा राज्यं च मानं च भोगांश्च विविधान्बहून् | तपस्स्वी नियताहारश्शेते शीते महीतले || ३-१६-२८
Giving up his kingdom, honour and pleasures of many kinds, Bharata will be living like an ascetic, sleeping on the ground in cold weather, his food under restriction. [3-16-28]