किं वाससैवं

किं वाससैवं न विचारणीयं
    वासः प्रधानं खलु योग्यतायाः ।
पीतांबरं वीक्ष्य ददौ तनूजां
    दिगंबरं वीक्ष्य विषं समुद्रः ॥

kim vAsasaivaM na vichAraNIyam
    vAsaH pradhAnam khalu yogyatAyAH ।
pItAmbaram vIkShya dadau tanUjAm
    digambaram vIkShya viShaM samudraH ॥

One must not think that appearances do not matter at all. People judge the ability of a person by what he wears. During the great churning of the ocean, the king of the ocean gave his daughter Lakshmi to Vishnu seeing that he was wearing gold. He gave poison to Shiva since he was not wearing anything (smeared his body with ash).