210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 5

called real; ubhaya-anubhava-svariipena—by understanding the proper
situation of the body and the soul: sva-mahima—in His personal glory;
avasthanena—by being _ situated: |= asamdropita-aham-mama-
abhimanatvat—from not accepting the misconception of “] and mine”:
avikhandita-manadh—undisturbed in mind; prthivim—all over the
world; eka-carah—alone; paribabhrama—He wandered.

TRANSLATION

Rsabhadeva began to tour through cities, villages, mines,
countrysides, valleys, gardens, military camps, cow pens, the
homes of cowherd men, transient hotels, hills, forests and her-
mitages. Wherever He traveled, all bad elements surrounded Him,
just as flies surround the body of an elephant coming from a
forest. He was always being threatened, beaten, urinated upon and
spat upon. Sometimes people threw stones, stool and dust at Him,
and sometimes people passed foul air before Him. Thus people
called Him many bad names and gave Him a great deal of trouble,
but He did not care about this, for He understood that the body is
simply meant for such an end. He was situated on the spiritual
platform, and, being in His spiritual glory, He did not care for all
these material insults. In other words, He completely understood
that matter and spirit are separate, and He had no bodily concep-
tion. Thus, without being angry at anyone, He walked through the
whole world alone.

PURPORT

Narottama dasa Thakura says: deha-smrti nahi ydara, samsdra
bandhana kahan tara. When a person fully realizes that the material
body and world are temporary, he is not concerned with pain and

pleasures of the body. As Sri Krsna advises in Bhagavad-gita (2.14):

matra-sparsds tu kaunteya
Sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah
agamapayino ’nitydas
tams titiksasva bhdrata
