Mahabharata 11.21.13

अल्पावशेषो<पि कृतो महात्मा शरीरभक्षै: परिभक्षयद्धिः । द्रष्ट न नः प्रीतिकर: शशीव कृष्णस्य पक्षस्य चतुर्दशाहे

Vaiśampāyana uvāca — alpāvaśeṣo ’pi kṛto mahātmā śarīrabhakṣaiḥ paribhakṣyamāṇaḥ | dṛṣṭo na naḥ prītikaraḥ śaśīva kṛṣṇapakṣasya caturdaśāhe ||

Vaiśampāyana said: “Though only a small remnant of that great-souled one remained—his body having been repeatedly devoured by creatures that feed on corpses—what we saw gave us no joy. Like the moon on the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight, his diminished form, when beheld, could not bring us gladness.”