TEXT 10
jadandha-badhironmatta-
mukakrtir atan-matih
laksitah pathi balanam
prasantarcir ivanalah
SYNONYMS
jadafoolish; andhablind; badhiradeaf; unmattamad; mukadumb; akrtihappearance; a-tatnot like that; matihhis intelligence; laksitahhe was seen; pathion the road; balanamby the less intelligent; prasantacalmed; arcihwith flames; ivalike; analahfire.
TRANSLATION
Utkala appeared to the less intelligent persons on the road to be foolish, blind, dumb, deaf and mad, although actually he was not so. He remained like fire covered with ashes, without blazing flames.
PURPORT
In order to avoid contradiction, botheration and unfavorable situations created by materialistic persons, a great saintly person like Jada Bharata or Utkala remains silent. The less intelligent consider such saintly persons to be mad, deaf or dumb. Factually, an advanced devotee avoids speaking with persons who are not in devotional life, but to those who are in devotional life he speaks in friendship, and he speaks to the innocent for their enlightenment. For all practical purposes, the whole world is full of nondevotees, and so one kind of very advanced devotee is called bhajananandi. Those who are gosthy-anandi, however, preach to increase the number of devotees. But even such preachers also avoid opposing elements who are unfavorably disposed towards spiritual life.

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