SB 5.10.20
TEXT 20
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TEXT
स वै भवाॡ लोकनिरीक्षणार्थम् अव्यक्तलिङ्गो विचरत्यपि स्वित् ।
योगेश्वराणां गतिमन्धबुद्धिः कथं विचक्षीत गृहानुबन्धः ॥ २० ॥ sa vai bhavaL loka-niriksanartham
avyakta-liṅgo vicaraty api svit
yogesvaranam gatim andha-buddhih
katham vicaksita grhanubandhah
sah-that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation Kapiladeva; vai-indeed; bhavan-your good self; loka-niriksana-artham-just to study the characteristics of the people of this world; avyakta-liṅgah-without manifesting your real identity; vicarati-are traveling in this world; api svit-whether; yoga-isvaranam-of all the advanced yogis; gatim-the characteristics or actual behavior; andha-buddhih-who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual knowledge; katham-how; vicaksita-may know; grha-anubandhah-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 Maharaja Rahugana was playing the part of a king, he had been informed by Jada Bharata that he was not a king nor was Jada Bharata deaf and dumb. Such designations were simply coverings of the spirit soul. Everyone must come to this knowledge. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (2.13): dehino 'smin yatha 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 sadhu as Jada Bharata, Maharaja Rahugana came to the awareness that his activities as a royal authority were simply illusory phenomena. He therefore agreed to receive knowledge from Jada Bharata, and that was the beginning of his perfection. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet. A person like Maharaja Rahugana, who was very inquisitive to know the value of life and the spiritual science, must approach a personality like Jada Bharata. Tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreya uttamam (Bhag. 11.3.21). One must approach a guru like Jada Bharata, a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to inquire about the goal of human life.
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