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Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa Meets Jaḍa Bharata
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to the order of the Supreme Lord, material nature gives us a certain type of body. For some time we play as master or servant, as actors play on the stage under someone else's direction. While we are in the human form, we should put an end to this nonsensical stage performance. We should come to our original constitutional position, known as Kṛṣṇa consciousness. At the present moment, the real master is material nature.  Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā  (Bg. 7.14). Under the spell of material nature, we are becoming servants and masters, but if we agree to be controlled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His eternal servants, this temporary condition ceases to exist.
TEXT 13
उन्मत्तमत्तजडवत्संस्थां
गतस्य मे वीर चिकित्सितेन ।
अर्थः कियान् भवता शिक्षितेन
स्तब्धप्रमत्तस्य च पिष्टपेषः ॥१३॥
unmatta-matta-jaḍavat sva-saṁsthāṁ
gatasya me vīra cikitsitena
arthaḥ kiyān bhavatā śikṣitena
stabdha-pramattasya ca piṣṭapeṣaḥ
unmatta —madness;  matta —a drunkard;  jaḍa-vat —like a dunce;  sva-saṁsthāṁ —situation in my original constitutional position;  gatasya —of one who has obtained;  me —of me;  vīra —O King;  cikitsitena —by your chastisement;  arthaḥ —the meaning or purpose;  kiyān —what;  bhavatā —by you;  śikṣitena —by being instructed;  stabdha —dull;  pramattasya —of a crazy man;  ca —also;  piṣṭa-peṣaḥ —like grinding flour.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, you have said, “You rascal, you dull, crazy fellow! I am going to chastise you, and then you will come to your senses.” In this regard, let me say that although I live like a dull, deaf and dumb man, I am actually a self-realized person. What will you gain by punishing me? If your calculation is true and I am a madman,