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शान्ति पर्व (अध्याय 38): युधिष्ठिरस्य राजधर्म-जिज्ञासा तथा भीष्मोपसर्पण-प्रस्तावना | Shanti Parva Chapter 38: Yudhishthira’s Inquiry into Rajadharma and the Prelude to Approaching Bhishma
तत्र दुर्योधनसखा भिक्षुरूपेण संवृत:ः । साक्ष: शिखी त्रिदण्डी च धृष्टो विगतसाध्वस:
tatra duryodhana-sakhā bhikṣu-rūpeṇa saṁvṛtaḥ | sākṣaḥ śikhī tridaṇḍī ca dhṛṣṭo vigata-sādhvasaḥ ||
在那里，杜尤陀那的一名同党披上托钵行者的伪装，掩藏其真实身份；他手持念珠，头留发髻（śikhā），肩携三杖（tridaṇḍa），厚颜无惧，行止之间毫不迟疑。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
External symbols of holiness—rosary, śikhā, and the triple staff—do not by themselves establish dharma; using them to conceal intent underscores the moral danger of hypocrisy and the need to judge conduct and motives rather than mere appearance.
Vaiśampāyana describes an associate of Duryodhana who has entered the scene disguised as a mendicant-brāhmaṇa, complete with the conventional emblems of renunciation, behaving boldly and without fear while hiding his real identity.