With their leaves and tops torn, and their flowers and fruits shrivelled up, the trees looked like worsted gamblers bereft of their clothes.
निर्धूतपत्रशिखराः शीर्णपुष्पफलद्रुमाः। निक्षिप्तवस्त्राभरणा धूर्ता इव पराजिताः॥