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ŚB 4.19.14

Devanagari

तं ताद‍ृशाकृतिं वीक्ष्य मेने धर्मं शरीरिणम् ।
जटिलं भस्मनाच्छन्नं तस्मै बाणं न मुञ्चति ॥ १४ ॥

Text

taṁ tādṛśākṛtiṁ vīkṣya
mene dharmaṁ śarīriṇam
jaṭilaṁ bhasmanācchannaṁ
tasmai bāṇaṁ na muñcati

Synonyms

tam — him; tādṛśa-ākṛtim — in such dress; vīkṣya — after seeing; mene — considered; dharmam — pious or religious; śarīriṇam — having a body; jaṭilam — having knotted hair; bhasmanā — by ashes; ācchannam — smeared all over the body; tasmai — unto him; bāṇam — arrow; na — not; muñcati — he did release.

Translation

King Indra was fraudulently dressed as a sannyāsī, having knotted his hair on his head and smeared ashes all over his body. Upon seeing such dress, the son of King Pṛthu considered Indra a religious man and pious sannyāsī. Therefore he did not release his arrows.