Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.19.14
తం తాదృశాకృతిం వీక్ష్య మేనే ధర్మం శరీరిణమ్ ।
జటిలం భస్మనాచ్ఛన్నం తస్మై బాణం న ముఞ్చతి ॥ ౧౪ ॥
taṁ tādṛśākṛtiṁ vīkṣya
[tam taadrishaakritim veekshya]
mene dharmaṁ śarīriṇam
[mene dharmam shareerinam]
jaṭilaṁ bhasmanācchannaṁ
[jatilam bhasmanaachchannam]
tasmai bāṇaṁ na muṣcati
[tasmai baanam na mushchati]
Word-for-word
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
muṣcati
—
he did release.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
taṁ tādṛśākṛtiṁ vīkṣya
tam
him
tādṛśa-ākṛtim
in such dress
vīkṣya
after seeing
mene dharmaṁ śarīriṇam
mene
considered
dharmam
pious or religious
śarīriṇam
having a body
jaṭilaṁ bhasmanācchannaṁ
jaṭilam
having knotted hair
bhasmanā
by ashes
ācchannam
smeared all over the body
tasmai bāṇaṁ na muṣcati
tasmai
unto him
bāṇam
arrow
na
not
muṣcati
he did release.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing him in that dress, with matted locks and smeared in ashes, Pṛthu’s son thought he must be a religious person. He did not shoot him.
He thought, “The person with this dress must being following dharma somewhat, from seeing Śiva or others.”
My note
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