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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.8.5-6
yas talajanghan yavanan
anantar-vasasah kamscid
abahir-vasaso 'paran
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
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.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness