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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 10]
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is stated that one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge is not disturbed by the pains and pleasures of the material body. The material body is completely separate from the spirit soul, and the pains and pleasures of the body are superfluous. The practice of austerity and penance is meant for understanding the distinction between the body and the soul and how the soul can be unaffected by the pleasures and pains of the body. Jaḍa Bharata was actually situated on the platform of self-realization. He was completely aloof from the bodily conception; therefore he immediately took this position and convinced the King that whatever contradictory things the King had said about his body did not actually apply to him as a spirit soul.
TEXT 10
स्यौल्यं काश्यं व्याधय आधयश्च 
    क्षुत्तृद् भयं कलिरिच्छा जरा च । 
    निद्रा रतिर्मन्युरहंमदः शुचो 
    देहेन जातस्य हि मे न सन्ति ॥१०॥
sthaulyam kārśyam vyādhaya ādhayaś ca  
 kṣut trḍ bhayam kalir icchā jarā ca  
 nidrā ratir manyur aham madaḥ śuco  
 dehena jātasya hi me na santi
sthaulyam —being very stout and strong;  kārśyam —being skinny and weak;  vyādhayaḥ —the pains of the body, such as disease;  ādhayaḥ —the pains of the mind;  ca —and;  kṣut trṭ bhayam —hunger, thirst and fear;  kaliḥ —quarrels between two persons;  icchā —desires;  jarā —old age;  ca —and;  nidrā —sleep;  ratiḥ —attachment for sense gratification;  manyuḥ —anger;  aham —false identification (in the bodily concept of life);  madaḥ —illusion;  śucaḥ —lamentation;  dehena —with this body;  jātasya —of one who has taken birth;  hi —certainly;  me —of me;  na —not;  santi —exist.