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The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
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of his relatives and friends who were not devotees. He was always very cautious of such association because he feared that he would again fall down. Consequently he manifested himself before the public eye as a madman—dull, blind and deaf—so that others would not try to talk to him. In this way he saved himself from bad association. Within he was always thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord and chanting the Lord's glories, which save one from the bondage of fruitive action. In this way he saved himself from the onslaught of nondevotee associates.
PURPORT
Every living entity is bound by different activities due to association with the modes of nature. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  kāraṇam guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu : “This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.” (Bg. 13.22)
We get different types of bodies among 8,400,000 species according to our  karma .  Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa : we work under the influence of material nature contaminated by the three modes, and thus we get a certain type of body according to superior order. This is called  karma-bandha . To get out of this  karma-bandha , one must engage himself in devotional service. Then one will not be affected by the modes of material nature.
mām ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa  
 bhakti-yogena sevate  
 sa guṇān samatītyaitān  
 brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26) To remain immune from the material qualities, one must engage himself in devotional service— śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ . That is the perfection of life. When Mahārāja Bharata took birth as a  brāhmaṇa , he was not very interested in the duties of a  brāhmaṇa , but within he remained a pure Vaiṣṇava. always thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord. As advised in  Bhagavad-gītā :