SB 9.8.6 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

यस्तालजङ्घान् यवनाञ्छकान् हैहयबर्बरान् । नावधीद् गुरुवाक्येन चक्रे विकृतवेषिण: ॥ ५ ॥ मुण्डाञ्छ्मश्रुधरान् कांश्चिन्मुक्तकेशार्धमुण्डितान् । अनन्तर्वासस: कांश्चिदबहिर्वाससोऽपरान् ॥ ६ ॥

Verse text

yas tālajaṅghān yavanāṣ chakān haihaya-barbarān nāvadhīd guru-vākyena cakre vikṛta-veṣiṇaḥ muṇḍāṣ chmaśru-dharān kāṁścin mukta-keśārdha-muṇḍitān anantar-vāsasaḥ kāṁścid abahir-vāsaso ’parān

Synonyms

yaḥ — Mahārāja Sagara who ; tālajaṅghān — the uncivilized clan named Tālajaṅgha ; yavanān — persons averse to the Vedic literature ; śakān — another class of atheist ; haihaya — the uncivilized ; barbarān — and the Barbaras ; na — not ; avadhīt — did kill ; guru — vākyena — by the order of his spiritual master ; cakre — made them ; vikṛta — veṣiṇaḥ — dressed awkwardly ; muṇḍān — shaved clean ; śmaśru — dharān — wearing mustaches ; kāṁścit — some of them ; mukta — keśa — loose hair ; ardha — muṇḍitān — half-shaven ; anantaḥ — vāsasaḥ — without underwear ; kāṁścit — some of them ; abahiḥ — vāsasaḥ — without covering garments ; aparān — others .

Translation

Sagara Mahārāja, following the order of his spiritual master, Aurva, did not kill the uncivilized men like the Tālajaṅghas, Yavanas, Śakas, Haihayas and Barbaras. Instead, some of them he made dress awkwardly, some of them he shaved clean but allowed to wear mustaches, some of them he left wearing loose hair, some he half shaved, some he left without underwear, and some without external garments. Thus these different clans were made to dress differently, but King Sagara did not kill them.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Sagara Mahārāja did not kill uncivilized men like the Tālajaṅghas, Yavanas, Śakas, Haihayas and Barbaras. Instead, following the order of his guru Aurva, he made dress some of them awkwardly, he shaved some of them clean but allowed them to wear mustaches, he left some of them wearing loose hair, he half-shaved some, he left some without underwear, and he left some without external garments. A series of tribes are listed. By the words of his guru Aurva, they were made to dress in novel ways.