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[Canto 5, Ch. 13]
would not grant him pardon; therefore he had to fall down at the lotus feet of Mahārāja Ambariṣa, even though Mahārāja Ambariṣa was a  kṣatriya-gṛhastha . One should be very careful not to offend the lotus feet of Vaiṣṇavas and  brāhmaṇas .
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श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्येवमुत्तरामातः स वै ब्रह्मर्षिसुतः सिन्धुपतय आत्मसतत्त्वं विगणयतः परानुभावः परमकारुणिकतयोपदिश्य रहूगणेन सकरुणम भिवन्दित चरण आपूर्णार्णव इव निभृतकरणोर्म्याशयो धरणिमिमां विचचार ॥२४॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
ity evam uttarā-mātaḥ sa vai brahmarṣi-sutaḥ sindhu-pataya ātma- satattvam vigaṇayataḥ parānubhāvaḥ parama-kāruṇikatayopadiśya rahūgaṇena sakaruṇam abhivandita-caraṇa āpūrṇārṇava iva nibhṛta- karaṇormy-āśayo dharaṇim imām vicacāra.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti evam —in this way;  uttarā-mātaḥ —O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, son of mother Uttarā;  saḥ —that  brāhmaṇa ;  vai —indeed;  brahma-ṛṣi-sutaḥ —Jaḍa Bharata, the son of a highly educated  brāhmaṇa ;  sindhu-pataye —unto the king of the province of Sindhu;  ātma-sa-tattvam —the actual constitutional position of the soul;  vigaṇayataḥ —although insulting Jaḍa Bharata;  para-anubhāvaḥ —who was very exalted in spiritual realization;  parama-kāruṇikatayā —by his quality of being very kind to the fallen souls;  upadiśya —instructing;  rahūgaṇena —by King Rahūgaṇa;  sa-karuṇam —piteously;  abhivandita-caraṇaḥ —whose lotus feet were worshiped;  āpūrṇa-arṇavaḥ iva —like the full ocean;  nibhṛta —completely silenced;  karaṇa —of the senses;  ūrmi —the waves;  āśayaḥ —possessing a heart in which;  dharaṇim —the earth;  imām —this;  vicacāra —continued to roam.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, O son of mother Uttarā, there were some waves of dissatisfaction in the