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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 31

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 3.31

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Sanskrit Original

स तथेति तद गुरुवचनम अभिनन्द्य तेषां वेषान्यत्वम अकारयत यवनान मुण्डितशिरसो ऽर्धमुण्डाञ छकान प्रलम्बकेशान पारदान पह्लवांश च श्मश्रुधरान निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारान एतान अन्यांश च क्षत्रियांश चकार।।

sa tatheti tad guruvacanam abhinandya teṣāṃ veṣānyatvam akārayat yavanān muṇḍitaśiraso 'rdhamuṇḍāñ chakān pralambakeśān pāradān pahlavāṃś ca śmaśrudharān niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārān etān anyāṃś ca kṣatriyāṃś cakāra||

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He, having joyfully accepted the words of the guru, transformed the attire of those Yavanas, who had shaven heads, half-shaved heads, long hair, and were without Vedic study, and made them into Kshatriyas.