इत्येवमुत्तरामातः स वै ब्रह्मर्षिसुतः सिन्धुपतय आत्मसतत्त्वं
विगणयतः परानुभावः परमकारुणिकतयोपदिश्य रहूगणेन सकरुणम
भिवन्दित चरण आपूर्णार्णव इव निभृतकरणोर्म्याशयो धरणिमिमां विचचार
॥२४॥
Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
ity evam uttarÄ-mÄtaḥ sa vai brahmará¹£i-sutaḥ sindhu-pataya Ätma-satattvaá¹ vigaṇayataḥ parÄnubhÄvaḥ parama-kÄruṇikatayopadiÅ›ya rahÅ«gaṇena sakaruṇam abhivandita-caraṇa ÄpÅ«rṇÄrṇava iva nibhá¹›ta-karaṇormy-ÄÅ›ayo dharaṇim imÄá¹ vicacÄra
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti evam - in this way; uttarÄ-mÄtaḥ - O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, son of mother UttarÄ; saḥ - that brÄhmaṇa; vai - indeed; brahma-ṛṣi-sutaḥ - Jaá¸a Bharata, the son of a highly educated brÄhmaṇa; sindhu-pataye - unto the king of the province of Sindhu; Ätma-sa-tattvam - the actual constitutional position of the soul; vigaṇayataḥ - although insulting Jaá¸a Bharata; para-anubhÄvaḥ - who was very exalted in spiritual realization; parama-kÄruṇikatayÄ - by his quality of being very kind to the fallen souls; upadiÅ›ya - instructing; rahÅ«gaṇena - by King RahÅ«gaṇa; sa-karuṇam - piteously; abhivandita-caraṇaḥ - whose lotus feet were worshiped; ÄpÅ«rṇa-arṇavaḥ iva - like the full ocean; nibhá¹›ta - completely silenced; karaṇa - of the senses; Å«rmi - the waves; ÄÅ›ayaḥ - possessing a heart in which; dharaṇim - the earth; imÄm - this; vicacÄra - continued to roam.
ÅšrÄ«la Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: My dear King, O son of mother UttarÄ, there were some waves of dissatisfaction in the mind of Jaá¸a Bharata due to his being insulted by King RahÅ«gaṇa, who made him carry his palanquin, but Jaá¸a Bharata neglected this, and his heart again became calm and quiet like an ocean. Although King RahÅ«gaṇa had insulted him, he was a great paramahaá¹sa. Being a Vaiṣṇava, he was naturally very kindhearted, and he therefore told the King about the constitutional position of the soul. He then forgot the insult because King RahÅ«gaṇa pitifully begged pardon at his lotus feet. After this, he began to wander all over the earth, just as before.
In ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (3.25.21), Kapiladeva describes the symptoms of great personalities: titiká¹£avaḥ kÄruṇikÄḥ suhá¹›daḥ sarva-dehinÄm. A saintly devotee is certainly very tolerant. He is the friend of all living entities, and he does not create enemies within the world. A pure devotee has all the qualities of a sÄdhu. Jaá¸a Bharata is an example of this. Due to the material body, his senses were certainly agitated when he was insulted by King RahÅ«gaṇa, but later, due to the King’s humble submission, Jaá¸a Bharata excused him. It is the duty of everyone desiring to return to Godhead to become submissive like King RahÅ«gaṇa and beg pardon of Vaiṣṇavas one may have offended. Vaiṣṇavas are generally very kindhearted; therefore if one immediately submits himself at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, one is immediately cleared of offensive reactions. If one does not do so, the reactions will remain, and the results will not be very palatable.
