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Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Verse 14 of 41
SB 4.19.14

तं तादृशाकृतिं वीक्ष्य मेने धर्मं शरीरिणम् जटिलं भस्मनाच्छन्नं तस्मै बाणं न मुंचति

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

Synonyms

tamhim; tādṛśa-ākṛtimin such dress; vīkṣyaafter seeing; meneconsidered; dharmampious or religious; śarīriṇamhaving a body; jaṭilamhaving knotted hair; bhasmanāby ashes; ācchannamsmeared all over the body; tasmaiunto him; bāṇamarrow; nanot; muñcatihe 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.

Verse 14 of 41
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