Text 10] The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
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viśuddhānubhavānanda-svātma-lābhādhigamaḥ sukha-duḥkhayor dvanda-nimittayor asambhāvita-dehābhimānaḥ. śītoṣṇa-vāta-varṣeṣu vṛṣa ivānāvṛtārigaḥ pīnaḥ saṁhananārigaḥ sthaṇḍila-saṁveśanānunmardanāmajjana-rajasā mahāmaṇir ivānabhivyakta-brahma-varcasaḥ kupaṭāvṛta-kaṭir upavītenoru-maṣiṇā dvijātir iti brahma-bandhur iti saṁjñayātaj-jñajanāvamato vicacāra.
saḥ ca —he also;  prākṛtaiḥ —by common persons who have no access to spiritual knowledge;  dvi-pada-paśubhiḥ —who are nothing but animals with two legs;  unmatta —mad;  jaḍa —dull;  badhira —deaf;  mūka —dumb;  iti —thus;  abhibhāṣyamāṇaḥ —being addressed;  yadā —when;  tat-anurūpāṇi —words suitable to reply to theirs;  prabhāṣate —he used to speak;  karmāṇi —activities;  ca —also;  kāryamāṇaḥ —being caused to execute;  para-icchayā —by the order of others;  karoti —he used to act;  viṣṭitaḥ —by force;  vetanataḥ —or by some wages;  vā —either;  yācñayā —by begging;  yadṛcchayā —by its own accord;  vā —or;  upasāditam —gotten;  alpam —a very small quantity;  bahu —a large quantity;  mṛṣṭam —very palatable;  kat-annam —stale, tasteless foods;  vā —or;  abhyavaharati —he used to eat;  param —only;  na —not;  indriya-prīti-nimittam —for the satisfaction of the senses;  nitya —eternally;  nivṛtta —stopped;  nimitta —fruitive activity;  sva-siddha —by self-accomplished;  viśuddha —transcendental;  anubhava-ānanda —blissful perception;  sva-ātma-lābha-adhigamaḥ —who has achieved knowledge of the self;  sukha-duḥkhayoḥ —in happiness and distress;  dvandva-nimittayoḥ —in the causes of duality;  asambhāvita-deha-abhimānaḥ —not identified with the body;  śīta —in the winter;  uṣṇa —in the summer;  vāta —in the wind;  varṣeṣu —in the rainfall;  vṛṣaḥ —a bull;  iva —like;  anāvṛta-arigaḥ —uncovered body;  pīnaḥ —very strong;  saṁhanana-arigaḥ —whose limbs were firm;  sthaṇḍila-saṁveśana —from lying down on the ground;  anunmardana —without any massage;  amajjana —without bathing;  rajasā —by dirt;  mahā-maṇiḥ —highly valuable gem;  iva —like;  anabhivyakta —unmanifested;  brahma-varcasaḥ —spiritual splendor;  ku-paṭa-āvṛta —covered by a dirty cloth;  kaṭiḥ —whose loins:  upavītena —with a sacred thread;  uru-maṣiṇā —which was highly blackish due to dirt;  dvi-jātiḥ —born in a  brāhmaṇa  family;  iti —thus (saying out of contempt);  brahma-bandhuḥ —a friend of a  brāhmaṇa ;  iti —thus;  saṁjñayā —by such names;  a-tat-jña-jana —by persons not