Text 21] Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa Meets Jaḍa Bharata
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world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life?
PURPORT
Although Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa was playing the part of a king, he had been informed by Jaḍa Bharata that he was not a king nor was Jaḍa Bharata deaf and dumb. Such designations were simply coverings of the spirit soul. Everyone must come to this knowledge. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (2.13):  dehino 'smin yathā dehe . Everyone is encased within the body. Since the body is never identical with the soul, the bodily activities are simply illusory. In the association of such a  sādhu  as Jaḍa Bharata, Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa came to the awareness that his activities as a royal authority were simply illusory phenomena. He therefore agreed to receive knowledge from Jaḍa Bharata, and that was the beginning of his perfection.  Tad-vijñānārtham sa gurum evābhigacchet . A person like Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa, who was very inquisitive to know the value of life and the spiritual science, must approach a personality like Jaḍa Bharata.  Tasmād gurum prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam  ( Bhāg.  11.3.21). One must approach a  guru  like Jaḍa Bharata, a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to inquire about the goal of human life.
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दृष्टः श्रमः कर्मत आत्मनो वै 
    भर्तुर्गन्तुर्भवतश्चानुमन्ये 
    यथासतोदानयनाद्यभावात् 
    समूल इष्टो व्यवहारमार्गः ॥२१॥
dṛṣṭaḥ śramaḥ karmata ātmano vai 
    bhartur gantur bhavataś cānumanye 
    yathāsatodānayanādy-abhāvāt 
    samūla iṣṭo vyavahāra-mārgaḥ