After accepting the feature of avadhūta, a great saintly person without material cares, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva passed through human society like a blind, deaf and dumb man, an idle stone, a ghost or a madman. Although people called Him such names, He remained silent and did not speak to anyone.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
जडान्धमूकबधिरपिशाचोन्मादकवदवधूतवेषो- ऽभिभाष्यमाणोऽपि जनानां गृहीतमौनव्रतस्तूष्णीं बभूव
jaḍāndhamūkabadhirapiśāconmādakavadavadhūtaveṣo- 'bhibhāṣyamāṇo'pi janānāṃ gṛhītamaunavratastūṣṇīṃ babhūva
SB 5.5.29