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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 13]
completely forgets his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
By hearing this from Jaḍa Bharata, Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa revived his Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thus benefited from Jaḍa Bharata's association. He could understand that his illusion was over, and he begged pardon from Jaḍa Bharata for his misbehavior. All this was told to Mahārāja Parikṣit by Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
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ब्राह्मण उवाच
दुर्त्ययेऽन्यजया निवेशितो
रजस्तमःसत्त्वविभक्तकर्मदृक् ।
स एष सार्थोऽर्थपरः परिभ्रमन्
भगवत्वीं याति न शर्म विन्दति ॥ १ ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca
duratyaye 'dhvany ajayā niveśito
rajas-tamaḥ-sattva-vibhakta-karmadṛk
sa eṣa sārtho 'rtha-paraḥ paribhraman
bhavāṭavīm yāti na śarma vindati
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca —the  brāhmaṇa  Jaḍa Bharata continued to speak;  duratyaye —which is very difficult to traverse;  adhvani —on the path of fruitive activities (performing actions in this life, creating a body in the next life by those actions, and in this way continuously accepting birth and death);  ajayā —by  māyā , the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  niveśitaḥ —caused to enter;  rajaḥ-tamaḥ-sattva-vibhakta-karma-dṛk —a conditioned soul who sees only immediately beneficial fruitive activities and their results, which are divided into three groups by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance;  saḥ —he;  eṣaḥ —this;  sa-arthaḥ —the living entity falsely seeking sense gratification;  artha-paraḥ —intent upon gaining wealth;  paribhraman —wandering all over;  bhava-aṭavīm —the forest known as  bhava , which means the repetition of birth and death;  yāti —enters;  na —not;  śarma —happiness;  vindati —obtains.