तं तादृशाकृतिं वीक्ष्य मेने धर्मं शरीरिणम् । जटिलं भस्मनाच्छन्नं तस्मै बाणं न मुञ्चति ॥ १४ ॥
tam tadrsakrtim viksya mene dharmam saririnam jatilam bhasmanacchannam tasmai banam na muncati
- tam
- him
- tadrsa-akrtim
- in such dress
- viksya
- after seeing
- mene
- considered
- dharmam
- pious or religious
- saririnam
- having a body
- jatilam
- having knotted hair
- bhasmana
- by ashes
- acchannam
- smeared all over the body
- tasmai
- unto him
- banam
- arrow
- na
- not
- muncati
- he did release.
King Indra was fraudulently dressed as a sannyasi, having knotted his hair on his head and smeared ashes all over his body. Upon seeing such dress, the son of King Prthu considered Indra a religious man and pious sannyasi. Therefore he did not release his arrows.