Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 15 Verse 43

Canto 1: Creation | Chapter 15: The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.15.43

cīra-vāsā nirāhāro

baddha-vāń mukta-mūrdhajaḥ

darśayann ātmano rūpaḿ

jaḍonmatta-piśācavat

anavekṣamāṇo niragād

aśṛṇvan badhiro yathā

SYNONYMS

cīra-vāsāḥ — accepted torn clothing; nirāhāraḥ — gave up all solid foodstuff; baddha-vāk — stopped talking; mukta-mūrdhajaḥ — untied his hair; darśayan — began to show; ātmanaḥ — of himself; rūpam — bodily features; jaḍa — inert; unmatta — mad; piśāca-vat — just like an urchin; anavekṣamāṇaḥ — without waiting for; niragāt — was situated; aśṛṇvan — without hearing; badhiraḥ — just like a deaf man; yathā — as if.

TRANSLATION

After that, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira dressed himself in torn clothing, gave up eating all solid foods, voluntarily became dumb and let his hair hang loose. All this combined to make him look like an urchin or madman with no occupation. He did not depend on his brothers for anything. And, just like a deaf man, he heard nothing.

PURPORT

Thus being freed from all external affairs, he had nothing to do with imperial life or family prestige, and for all practical purposes he posed himself exactly like an inert mad urchin and did not speak of material affairs. He had no dependence on his brothers, who had all along been helping him. This stage of complete independence from everything is also called the purified stage of fearlessness.

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