जडान्धमूकबधिरपिशाचोन्मादकवदवधूतवेषोऽभिभाष्यमाणोऽपि जनानां गृहीतमौनव्रतस्तूष्णीं बभूव ॥ २९ ॥
jadandha-muka-badhira-pisaconmadakavad-avadhuta-veso ’bhibhasyamano ’pi jananam grhita-mauna-vratas tusnim babhuva.
- jada
- idle
- andha
- blind
- muka
- dumb
- badhira
- deaf
- pisaca
- ghost
- unmadaka
- a madman
- vat
- like
- avadhuta-vesah
- appearing like an avadhuta (having no concern with the material world)
- abhibhasyamanah
- being thus addressed (as deaf, dumb and blind)
- api
- although
- jananam
- by the people
- grhita
- took
- mauna
- of silence
- vratah
- the vow
- tusnim babhuva
- He remained silent.
After accepting the feature of avadhuta, a great saintly person without material cares, Lord Rsabhadeva passed through human society like a blind, deaf and dumb man, an idle stone, a ghost or a madman. Although people called Him such names, He remained silent and did not speak to anyone.