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<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 5|Fifth Canto]] - [[SB 5.10: The Discussion Between Jada Bharata and Maharaja Rahugana|Chapter 10: The Discussion Between Jaḍa Bharata and Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa]]'''</div> | |||
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<div | :sa vai bhavāḻ loka-nirīkṣaṇārtham | ||
sa vai bhavāḻ loka-nirīkṣaṇārtham | :avyakta-liṅgo vicaraty api svit | ||
avyakta-liṅgo vicaraty api svit | :yogeśvarāṇāṁ gatim andha-buddhiḥ | ||
yogeśvarāṇāṁ gatim andha-buddhiḥ | :kathaṁ vicakṣīta gṛhānubandhaḥ | ||
kathaṁ vicakṣīta gṛhānubandhaḥ | |||
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<div | ''saḥ''—that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation Kapiladeva; ''vai''—indeed; ''bhavān''—your good self; ''loka-nirīkṣaṇa-artham''—just to study the characteristics of the people of this world; ''avyakta-liṅgaḥ''—without manifesting your real identity; ''vicarati''—are traveling in this world; ''api svit''—whether; ''yoga-īśvarāṇām''—of all the advanced yogīs; ''gatim''—the characteristics or actual behavior; ''andha-buddhiḥ''—who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual knowledge; ''katham''—how; ''vicakṣīta''—may know; ''gṛha-anubandhaḥ''—I who am bound by attachment to family life, or worldly life. | ||
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Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life? | Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life? | ||
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Although Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa was playing the part of a king, he had been informed by Jaḍa Bharata that be was not a king nor was Jaḍa Bharata deaf and dumb. Such designations were simply coverings of the spirit soul. Everyone must come to this knowledge. As confirmed in ''Bhagavad-gītā ([[BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]): dehino 'smin yathā dehe.'' Everyone is encased within the body. Since the body is never identical with the soul, the bodily activities are simply illusory. In the association of such a ''sādhu'' as Jaḍa Bharata, Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa came to the awareness that his activities as a royal authority were simply illusory phenomena. He therefore agreed to receive knowledge from Jaḍa Bharata, and that was the beginning of his perfection. ''Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU'' 1.2.12]. A person like Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa, who was very inquisitive to know the value of life and the spiritual science, must approach a personality like Jaḍa Bharata. ''Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam'' ([[SB 11.3.21]]). One must approach a ''guru'' like Jaḍa Bharata, a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to inquire about the goal of human life. | |||
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Revision as of 09:41, 14 May 2021
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- sa vai bhavāḻ loka-nirīkṣaṇārtham
- avyakta-liṅgo vicaraty api svit
- yogeśvarāṇāṁ gatim andha-buddhiḥ
- kathaṁ vicakṣīta gṛhānubandhaḥ
SYNONYMS
saḥ—that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation Kapiladeva; vai—indeed; bhavān—your good self; loka-nirīkṣaṇa-artham—just to study the characteristics of the people of this world; avyakta-liṅgaḥ—without manifesting your real identity; vicarati—are traveling in this world; api svit—whether; yoga-īśvarāṇām—of all the advanced yogīs; gatim—the characteristics or actual behavior; andha-buddhiḥ—who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual knowledge; katham—how; vicakṣīta—may know; gṛha-anubandhaḥ—I who am bound by attachment to family life, or worldly life.
TRANSLATION
Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life?
PURPORT
Although Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa was playing the part of a king, he had been informed by Jaḍa Bharata that be was not a king nor was Jaḍa Bharata deaf and dumb. Such designations were simply coverings of the spirit soul. Everyone must come to this knowledge. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 2.13): dehino 'smin yathā dehe. Everyone is encased within the body. Since the body is never identical with the soul, the bodily activities are simply illusory. In the association of such a sādhu as Jaḍa Bharata, Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa came to the awareness that his activities as a royal authority were simply illusory phenomena. He therefore agreed to receive knowledge from Jaḍa Bharata, and that was the beginning of his perfection. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. A person like Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa, who was very inquisitive to know the value of life and the spiritual science, must approach a personality like Jaḍa Bharata. Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (SB 11.3.21). One must approach a guru like Jaḍa Bharata, a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to inquire about the goal of human life.