चीरवासा निराहारो बद्धवाङ्मुक्तमूर्धजः ।
दर्शयन्नात्मनो रूपं जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् ।
अनवेक्षमाणो निरगादशृण्वन्बधिरो यथा ॥४३॥

cÄ«ra-vÄsÄ nirÄhÄro
baddha-vÄá¹… mukta-mÅ«rdhajaḥ
darÅ›ayann Ätmano rÅ«paá¹
jaá¸onmatta-piÅ›Äcavat
anaveká¹£amÄṇo niragÄd
aśṛṇvan badhiro yathÄ


Text

He wore torn cloth, did not eat, stopped speaking, shaved his head, and showed himself as a dumb or insane person or a ghost.

Purport

Two verses describe his total disregard for the external world. Baddha-vak means not speaking.