दृष्ट्वानुयान्तमृषिमात्मजमप्यनग्नं देव्यो ह्रिया परिदधुर्न सुतस्य चित्रम् । तद्वीक्ष्य पृच्छति मुनौ जगदुस्तवास्ति स्त्रीपुम्भिदा न तु सुतस्य विविक्तदृष्टे: ॥ ५ ॥
drstvanuyantam rsim atmajam apy anagnam devyo hriya paridadhur na sutasya citram tad viksya prcchati munau jagadus tavasti stri-pum-bhida na tu sutasya vivikta-drsteh
- drstva
- by seeing
- anuyantam
- following
- rsim
- the sage
- atmajam
- his son
- api
- in spite of
- anagnam
- not naked
- devyah
- beautiful damsels
- hriya
- out of shyness
- paridadhuh
- covered the body
- na
- not
- sutasya
- of the son
- citram
- astonishing
- tat viksya
- by seeing that
- prcchati
- asking
- munau
- unto the muni (Vyasa)
- jagaduh
- replied
- tava
- your
- asti
- there are
- stri-pum
- male and female
- bhida
- differences
- na
- not
- tu
- but
- sutasya
- of the son
- vivikta
- purified
- drsteh
- of one who looks
While Sri Vyasadeva was following his son, beautiful young damsels who were bathing naked covered their bodies with cloth, although Sri Vyasadeva himself was not naked. But they had not done so when his son had passed. The sage inquired about this, and the young ladies replied that his son was purified and when looking at them made no distinction between male and female. But the sage made such distinctions.