धूलिधूसरितांगं तं ते तु दृष्ट्वा महीपतिम् । चंडाल इति मन्वानाश्चिह्नैर्गात्रसमुद्भवैः
dhūlidhūsaritāṃgaṃ taṃ te tu dṛṣṭvā mahīpatim | caṃḍāla iti manvānāścihnairgātrasamudbhavaiḥ
Mais, voyant ce roi dont le corps était grisé par la poussière, eux—se fiant aux signes apparus sur ses membres—le prirent pour un caṇḍāla.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dust-greyed figure of a once-regal king stands at the edge of a serene Vedic hermitage; sages’ attendants recoil, pointing at bodily ‘signs’ and whispering ‘caṇḍāla’.
External appearance can mislead; dharma calls for discernment beyond superficial marks and circumstances.
The verse continues the āśrama-tīrtha narrative setting; it does not specify a named tīrtha in this line.
None; it sets up a moral and social-dharmic tension within the āśrama encounter.