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The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
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“The  Vedas  mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the Self.” (Bg. 2.45)
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अथ यशीयसी द्विजसती स्वगर्भजातं मिथुनं सपत्न्या उपन्यस्य स्वय- मनुसंस्थया पतिलोकमगात् ॥ ७ ॥
atha yavīyasī dvija-satī sva-garbha-jātam mithunam sapatnyā upanyasya svayam anusaṁsthayā patilokam agāt.
atha —thereafter;  yavīyasī —the youngest;  dvija-satī —wife of the  brāhmaṇa ;  sva-garbha-jātam —born of her womb;  mithunam —the twins;  sapatnyai —unto the co-wife;  upanyasya —entrusting;  svayam —personally;  anusaṁsthayā —by following her husband;  pati-lokam —the planet named Patiloka;  agāt —went to.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the  brāhmaṇa ’s younger wife, after entrusting her twin children—the boy and girl—to the elder wife, departed for Patiloka, voluntarily dying with her husband.
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पितर्युपरते भ्रातर एनमतत्प्रभावविदस्त्रय्यां विद्यायामेव पर्यवसितमतयो न परविद्यायां जडमतिरिति भ्रातुरनुशासननिर्बन्धान्न्यवृत्सन्त ॥ ८ ॥
pitary uparate bhrātara enam atat-prabhāva-vidas trayyām vidyāyām eva paryavasita-matayo na para-vidyāyām jaḍa-matir iti bhrātur anuśāsana-nirbandhān nyavṛtsanta.
pitari uparate —after the death of the father;  bhrātaraḥ —the stepbrothers;  enam —unto this Bharata (Jaḍa Bharata);  a-tat-prabhāva-vidaḥ —without understanding his exalted position;  trayyām —of the three  Vedas ;  vidyāyām —in the matter of material ritualistic knowledge: