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Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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with ornaments; although the child's body is very delicate, he does not feel fatigue, nor do the parents think that his ornaments should be taken away. The living entity has nothing to do with bodily pains and pleasures. These are simply mental concoctions. An intelligent man will find the original cause of everything. Material combinations and permutations may be a matter of fact in worldly dealings, but actually the living force, the soul, has nothing to do with them. Those who are materially upset take care of the body and manufacture  daridra-nārāyaṇa  (poor Nārāyaṇa). However, it is not a fact that the soul or Supersoul becomes poor simply because the body is poor. These are the statements of ignorant people. The soul and Supersoul are always apart from bodily pleasure and pain.
TEXT 7
शोच्यानिमांस्त्वमधिकष्टदीनान्
विष्ट्या निगृह्णन्निरनुग्रहोऽसि ।
जनस्य गोप्तासि विकत्यमानो
न शोभसे वृद्धसभासु धृष्टः ॥ ७ ॥
śocyān imāṁs tvam adhikaṣṭa-dīnān viṣṭyā nigṛhṇan niranugraho 'si janasya goptāsmi vikatthamāno na śobhase vṛddha-sabhāsu dhṛṣṭaḥ
śocyān —lamentable;  imān —all these;  tvam —you;  adhi-kaṣṭa-dīnān —poor persons suffering more pains because of their poverty-stricken position;  viṣṭyā —by force;  nigṛhṇan —seizing;  niranugrahaḥ asi —you have no mercy in your heart;  janasya —of the people in general;  goptā asmi —I am the protector (king);  vikatthamānaḥ —bragging;  na śobhase —you do not look very good;  vṛddha-sabhāsu —in the society of learned persons;  dhṛṣṭaḥ —simply impudent.
TRANSLATION
It is a fact, however, that these innocent people carrying your palanquin without payment are certainly suffering due to this