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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 10]
TEXT 15
स चापि पाण्डवेय सिन्धुसौवीरपतिस्तत्त्वजिज्ञासायां सम्यक् श्रद्धयाधिकृताधिकार- स्तद्धृदयग्रन्थिमोचनं द्विजवच आश्रुत्य बहुयोगग्रन्थसम्मतं त्वरयावरुह्य शिरसा पादमूलमुपसृतः क्षमापयन् विगतनृपदेवस्य उवाच ॥ १५ ॥
sa cāpi pāṇḍaveya sindhu-sauvīra-patis tattva-jijñāsāyām samyak- śraddhayādhikṛtādhikāras tad dhṛdaya-granthi-mocanam dvija-vaca- āśrutya bahu-yoga-grantha-sammatam tvarayāvaruhya śirasā pāda- mūlam upasṛtaḥ kṣamāpayan vigata-nṛpa-deva-smaya uvāca.
saḥ—he (Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa); ca—also; api—indeed; pāṇḍaveya—  O best of the Pāṇḍu dynasty (Mahārāja Parikṣit);  sindhu-sauvīra-   patiḥ—the King of the states known as Sindhu and Sauvīra; tattva-   jijñāsāyām—in the matter of inquiring about the Absolute Truth;   samyak-śraddhayā—by faith consisting of complete control of the senses  and the mind;  adhikṛta-adhikāraḥ—who attained the proper qualifica-   tion; tat—that; hṛdaya-granthi—the knot of false conceptions within  the heart;  mocanam—which eradicates; dvija-vacaḥ—the words of the   brāhmaṇa (Jaḍa Bharata); āśrutya—hearing; bahu-yoga-grantha-sam-   matam—approved by all yogic processes and their scriptures; tvarayā—   very hastily; avaruhya—getting down (from the palanquin); śirasā—by   his head; pāda-mūlam—at the lotus feet; upasṛtaḥ—falling down flat to   offer obeisances; kṣamāpayan—obtaining pardon for his offense;   vigata-nṛpa-deva-smayaḥ—giving up the false pride of being the King  and therefore being worshipable;  uvāca—said.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O best of the Pāṇḍu dynasty [Mahārāja Parikṣit], the King of the Sindhu and Sauvīra states [Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa] had great faith in discussions of the Absolute Truth. Being thus qualified, he heard from Jaḍa Bharata that philosophical presentation which is approved by all scriptures on the mystic yoga process and which slackens the knot in the heart. His material conception of himself as a king was thus destroyed. He immediately descended from his palanquin and fell flat on the