karmana-by activities; akrtibhih-by bodily features; vaca-by words; liṅgaih-by symptoms; varna-asrama-pertaining to the particular material and spiritual divisions of varna and asrama; adibhih-and by other symptoms; na vidanti-could not understand; janah-people in general; yam-whom; vai-indeed; sah-whether that person; asau-was the same person; iti-thus; na-not; va-or; iti-thus; ca-also.