Text 25] Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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mind of Jaḍa Bharata due to his being insulted by King Rahūgaṇa, who made him carry his palanquin, but Jaḍa Bharata neglected this, and his heart again became calm and quiet like an ocean. Although King Rahūgaṇa had insulted him, he was a great paramahainsa. Being a Vaiṣṇava, he was naturally very kindhearted, and he therefore told the King about the constitutional position of the soul. He then forgot the insult because King Rahūgaṇa pitifully begged pardon at his lotus feet. After this, he began to wander all over the earth, just as before.
PURPORT
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.21), Kapiladeva describes the symptoms of great personalities:  titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām . A saintly devotee is certainly very tolerant. He is the friend of all living entities, and he does not create enemies within the world. A pure devotee has all the qualities of a  sādhu . Jaḍa Bharata is an example of this. Due to the material body, his senses were certainly agitated when he was insulted by King Rahūgaṇa, but later, due to the King's humble submittion, Jaḍa Bharata excused him. It is the duty of everyone desiring to return to Godhead to become submittive like King Rahūgaṇa and beg pardon of Vaiṣṇavas one may have offended. Vaiṣṇavas are generally very kindhearted; therefore if one immediately submits himself at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, one is immediately cleared of offensive reactions. If one does not do so, the reactions will remain, and the results will not be very palatable.
TEXT 25
सौवीरपतिरपि सुजनसमवगतपरमात्मसतत्त्व आत्मन्यविद्याध्यारोपितां च देहात्ममतिं विससर्ज । एवं हि नृप भगवदाश्रिताश्रितानुभावः ॥२५॥
sauvīra-patir api sujana-samavagata-paramātma-satattva ātmany avidyādhyāropitām ca dehātma-matim visasarja. evam hi nṛpa bhagavad-āśritāśritānubhāvah.
sauvīra-patiḥ—the King of the state of Sauvīra: api—certainly: sujana—from an elevated person; samavagata—having completely under-