यस्तालजङ्घान् यवनाञ्छकान् हैहयबर्बरान् । नावधीद् गुरुवाक्येन चक्रे विकृतवेषिण: ॥ ५ ॥ मुण्डाञ्छ्मश्रुधरान् कांश्चिन्मुक्तकेशार्धमुण्डितान् । अनन्तर्वासस: कांश्चिदबहिर्वाससोऽपरान् ॥ ६ ॥
yas talajanghan yavanan chakan haihaya-barbaran navadhid guru-vakyena cakre vikrta-vesinah mundan chmasru-dharan kamscin mukta-kesardha-munditan anantar-vasasah kamscid abahir-vasaso ’paran
- yah
- Maharaja Sagara who
- talajanghan
- the uncivilized clan named Talajangha
- yavanan
- persons averse to the Vedic literature
- sakan
- another class of atheist
- haihaya
- the uncivilized
- barbaran
- and the Barbaras
- na
- not
- avadhit
- did kill
- guru-vakyena
- by the order of his spiritual master
- cakre
- made them
- vikrta-vesinah
- dressed awkwardly
- mundan
- shaved clean
- smasru-dharan
- wearing mustaches
- kamscit
- some of them
- mukta-kesa
- loose hair
- ardha-munditan
- half-shaven
- anantah-vasasah
- without underwear
- kamscit
- some of them
- abahih-vasasah
- without covering garments
- aparan
- others
Sagara Maharaja, following the order of his spiritual master, Aurva, did not kill the uncivilized men like the Talajanghas, Yavanas, Sakas, 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.