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Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa Meets Jaḍa Bharata
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वचांसि योगग्रथितानि साधो न नः क्षमन्ते मनसापि मेतुम् ॥१८॥
tad brūhy asaṅgo jaḍavan nigūḍha- vijñāna-vīryo vicarasy apāraḥ vacāṁsi yoga-grathitāni sādho na naḥ kṣamante manasāpi bhettum
tat —therefore;  brūhi —please speak;  asaṅgaḥ —who have no association with the material world;  jaḍa-vat —appearing like a deaf and dumb man;  nigūḍha —completely hidden;  vijñāna-vīryaḥ —who have full knowledge of the spiritual science and are thus very powerful;  vicarasi —you are moving;  apāraḥ —who possess unlimited spiritual glories;  vacāṁsi —the words uttered by you;  yoga-grathitāni —bearing the complete meaning of mystic  yoga ;  sādho —O great, saintly person;  na —not;  naḥ —of us;  kṣamante —are able;  manasā api —even by the mind;  bhettum —to understand by analytical study.
TRANSLATION
My dear sir, it appears that the influence of your great spiritual knowledge is hidden. Factually you are bereft of all material association and fully absorbed in the thought of the Supreme. Consequently you are unlimitedly advanced in spiritual knowledge. Please tell me why you are wandering around like a dullard. O great, saintly person, you have spoken words approved by the yogic process, but it is not possible for us to understand what you have said. Therefore kindly explain it.
PURPORT
Saintly people like Jaḍa Bharata do not speak ordinary words. Whatever they say is approved by  great yogīs  and those advanced in spiritual life. That is the difference between ordinary people and saintly people. The listener must also be advanced to understand the words of such exalted, spiritually advanced people as Jaḍa Bharata.  Bhagavad-gītā  was spoken to Arjuna, not to others. Lord Kṛṣṇa especially selected