The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Mohamudgaraḥ

Verse 14

जटिलो मुण्डी लुञ्छितकेशःकाषायाम्बरबहुकृतवेषः ।पश्यन्नपि च न पश्यति मूढोह्युदरनिमित्तं बहुकृतवेषः ॥ १४ ॥

In plain words

One lets his hair mat into ropes. One shaves his head bare. One has his hair pulled out strand by strand. One wraps himself in ochre cloth — costume after costume after costume. And the fool looks straight at it and still does not see: every last outfit is for the sake of the belly.

Close to the Sanskrit

Matted-haired, shaven-headed, one whose hair is plucked out, one whose costume is many-times-made with ochre cloth — even while seeing, and still he does not see, the fool; for indeed, on account of the belly, the many-times-made costume.