चीरवासा निराहारो बद्धवाङ्मुक्तमूर्धज: । दर्शयन्नात्मनो रूपं जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् । अनवेक्षमाणो निरगादशृण्वन्बधिरो यथा ॥ ४३ ॥
cira-vasa niraharo baddha-van mukta-murdhajah darsayann atmano rupam jadonmatta-pisacavat anaveksamano niragad asrnvan badhiro yatha
- cira-vasah
- accepted torn clothing
- niraharah
- gave up all solid foodstuff
- baddha-vak
- stopped talking
- mukta-murdhajah
- untied his hair
- darsayan
- began to show
- atmanah
- of himself
- rupam
- bodily features
- jada
- inert
- unmatta
- mad
- pisaca-vat
- just like an urchin
- anaveksamanah
- without waiting for
- niragat
- was situated
- asrnvan
- without hearing
- badhirah
- just like a deaf man
- yatha
- as if.
After that, Maharaja Yudhisthira 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.