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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.43
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 43
- cīra-vāsā nirāhāro
- baddha-vāṅ mukta-mūrdhajaḥ
- darśayann ātmano rūpaṁ
- jaḍonmatta-piśācavat
- anavekṣamāṇo niragād
- aśṛṇvan badhiro yathā
cīraaccepted torn clothing-vāsāḥaccepted torn clothing — accepted torn clothing; nirāhāraḥgave up all solid foodstuff — gave up all solid foodstuff; baddhastopped talking-vākstopped talking — stopped talking; muktauntied his hair-mūrdhajaḥuntied his hair — untied his hair; darśayanbegan to show — began to show; ātmanaḥof himself — of himself; rūpambodily features — bodily features; jaḍainert — inert; unmattamad — mad; piśācajust like an urchin-vatjust like an urchin — just like an urchin; anavekṣamāṇaḥwithout waiting for — without waiting for; niragātwas situated — was situated; aśṛṇvanwithout hearing — without hearing; badhiraḥjust like a deaf man — just like a deaf man; yathāas if — as if.
After that, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira 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.
Thus being freed from all external affairs, he had nothing to do with imperial life or family prestige, and for all practical purposes he posed himself exactly like an inert mad urchin and did not speak of material affairs. He had no dependence on his brothers, who had all along been helping him. This stage of complete independence from everything is also called the purified stage of fearlessness.