Text 6] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva 241

TEXTS 5-6

TAMAS TASTY I
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marae: Biacaealedisw 1 & Il

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; talajarnghan—the uncivilized clan named
Talajangha; yavandn—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 awk-
wardly; mundén—shaved clean; smasru-dhardn—wearing mustaches;
kamscit—some of them; mukta-kesa—loose hair; ardha-munditan—
half-shaven; anantah-vaésasah—without underwear; karscit—some of
them; abahih-vdsasah—without covering garments; apardn—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.
