Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.8.5-6

yas tālajańghān yavanāñ

chakān haihaya-barbarān

nāvadhīd guru-vākyena

cakre vikṛta-veṣiṇaḥ

muṇḍāñ chmaśru-dharān kāḿścin

mukta-keśārdha-muṇḍitān

anantar-vāsasaḥ kāḿścid

abahir-vāsaso 'parān

SYNONYMS

yaḥ — Mahārāja Sagara who; tālajańghān — the uncivilized clan named Tālajańgha; yavanān — persons averse to the Vedic literature; śakān — another class of atheist; haihaya — the uncivilized; barbarān — and the Barbaras; na — not; avadhīt — did kill; guru-vākyena — by the order of his spiritual master; cakre — made them; vikṛta-veṣiṇaḥ — dressed awkwardly; muṇḍān — shaved clean; śmaśru-dharān — wearing mustaches; kāḿścit — some of them; mukta-keśa — loose hair; ardha-muṇḍitān — half-shaven; anantaḥ-vāsasaḥ — without underwear; kāḿścit — some of them; abahiḥ-vāsasaḥ — without covering garments; aparān — others.

TRANSLATION

Sagara Mahārāja, following the order of his spiritual master, Aurva, did not kill the uncivilized men like the Tālajańghas, Yavanas, Śakas, 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.

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