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Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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ḍaḥ —a  sannyāsī ;  gata-vairaḥ —who has no enmity throughout the whole world;  abhiyāti —attains that perfection.
TRANSLATION
There were and are many political and social heroes who have conquered enemies of equal power, yet due to their ignorance in believing that the land is theirs, they fight one another and lay down their lives in battle. They are not able to take up the spiritual path accepted by those in the renounced order. Although they are big heroes and political leaders, they cannot take to the path of spiritual realization.
PURPORT
Big political leaders might be able to conquer equally powerful political enemies, but unfortunately they cannot subdue their strong senses. the enemies that always accompany them. Not being able to conquer these nearby enemies, they simply try to conquer other enemies. and ultimately they die in the struggle for existence. They do not take to the path of spiritual realization or become  sannyāsīs . Sometimes these big leaders take up the guise of a  sannyāsī  and call themselves  mahātmās , but their only business is conquering their political enemies. Because they spoil their lives with the illusion of “this is my land and my family,” they cannot progress spiritually and attain liberation from the clutches of  māyā .
TEXT 16
प्रसजति कापि लताभुजाश्रय-
स्तदाश्रयाव्यक्तपदद्विजस्पृहः ।
कचित्कदाचिद्वरिचक्रतस्रसन्
सख्यं विधत्ते बक्कङ्कगृध्रैः ॥१६॥
prasajjati kvāpi latā-bhujāśrayas
tad-āśrayāvyakta-pada-dvija-spṛhaḥ
kvacit kadācid dhari-cakratas trasan
sakhyam vidhatte baka-kaṅka-gṛdhraiḥ