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The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
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PURPORT
Jaḍa Bharata was Bharata Mahārāja in the body of a  brāhmaṇa , and he outwardly conducted himself as if he were dull, deaf, dumb and blind. Actually he was quite alert within. He knew perfectly well of the results of fruitive activity and the results of devotional service. In the body of a  brāhmaṇa , Mahārāja Bharata was completely absorbed in devotional service within; therefore it was not at all necessary for him to execute the regulative principles of fruitive activity. As confirmed in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam :  svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam  ( Bhāg.  1.2.13). One has to satisfy Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the perfection of the regulative principles of fruitive activity. Besides that, it is stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam :
dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam
“Duties [ dharma ] executed by men, regardless of occupation, are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Supreme Lord.” ( Bhāg.  1.2.8) These  karma-kāṇḍa  activities are required as long as one has not developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one is developed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no need to execute the prior regulative principles of  karma-kāṇḍa . Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī said. “O regulative principles of  karma-kāṇḍa , please excuse me. I cannot follow all these regulative principles, for I am fully engaged in devotional service.” He expressed the desire to sit somewhere beneath a tree and continue chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . Consequently he did not execute all the regulative principles. Similarly, Haridāsa Thākura was born in a Mohammedan family. From the very beginning of his life he was never trained in the  karma-kāṇḍa  system, but because he was always chanting the holy name of the Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted him as  nāmācārya , the authority in chanting the holy name. As Jaḍa Bharata, Bharata Mahārāja was always engaged in devotional service within his mind. Since he had executed the regulative principles