Bhagavatapurana 5.9.10

5.9.10

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śītoṣṇa-vāta-varṣeṣu vṛṣa ivānāvṛtāṅgaḥ pīnaḥ saṃhananāṅgaḥ sthaṇḍila-saṃveśanānunmardanāmajjana-rajasā mahāmaṇir ivānabhivyakta-brahma-varcasaḥ kupaṭāvṛta-kaṭir upavītenoru-maṣiṇā dvijātir iti brahma-bandhur iti saṃjñayātaj-jñajanāvamato vicacāra //

10. In cold and hot winds and showers of rain, he ranged like a bull with nothing to cover his body, yet stout and strong-limbed and with the dust on his body as he lay on bare earth; did not bathe and wash it off; he was, like unto a very precious jewel, full of concealed divine glory; and, clothed in rags, with his sacred thread as dark as possible and derided by the ignorant with the word "he was born of Brahmins," "he is a Brahmin relation," or, "a fallen Brahmin" he wandered about.