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kas tvam nigudhas carasi dvijanam
bibharsi sutram katamo vadhutah
kasyasi kutratya ihapi kasmat
ksemaya nas ced asi nota suklah
SYNONYMS
kah tvamwho are you; nigudhahvery much covered; carasiyou move within this world; dvijanamamong the brahmanas or saintly persons; bibharsiyou also wear; sutramthe sacred thread belonging to the first-class brahmanas; katamahwhich; avadhutahhighly elevated person; kasya asiwhose are you (whose disciple or son are you); kutratyahfrom where; iha apihere in this place; kasmatfor what purpose; ksemayafor the benefit; nahof us; cetif; asiyou are; na utaor not; suklahthe personality of the pure mode of goodness (Kapiladeva).
TRANSLATION
King Rahugana said: O brahmana, you appear to be moving in this world very much covered and unknown to others. Who are you? Are you a learned brahmana and saintly person? I see that you are wearing a sacred thread. Are you one of those exalted, liberated saints such as Dattatreya and other highly advanced, learned scholars? May I ask whose disciple you are? Where do you live? Why have you come to this place? Is your mission in coming here to do good for us? Please let me know who you are.
PURPORT
Maharaja Rahugana was very anxious to receive further enlightenment in Vedic knowledge because he could understand that Jada Bharata belonged to a brahmana family either by disciplic succession or by birth in a brahmana dynasty. As stated in the Vedas: tad vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet [MU
To understand these things properly, one must humbly approach, with firewood in hand, a spiritual master who is learned in the Vedas and firmly devoted to the Absolute Truth.
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