Text 8] The Supreme Character of Jada Bharata 315

“The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material
nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of
them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and

safety, and be established in the Self.” (Bg. 2.45)

TEXT 7

7 att fad and fyi ae se a
MATT THISBATTT 1119 1)

atha yaviyasi dvija-sati sva-garbha-jatam mithunam sapatnya
upanyasya svayam anusarhsthaya patilokam agat.

atha—thereafter; yaviyasi—the youngest; dvia-sati—wife of the
brahmana; sva-garbha-jatam—born of her womb; mithunam—the
twins; sapatnyai—unto the co-wife; upanyasya—entrusting; svayam—
personally; anusaristhayd —by following her husband; pati-lokam—the
planet named Patiloka; agaét—went to.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, the brahmana’s younger wife, after entrusting her
twin children—the boy and girl—to the elder wife, departed for
Patiloka, voluntarily dying with her husband.

TEXT 8

fiaara mat canaaficeat fram aaafiaaat
ARAM aaa maaan HTT I <1

pitary uparate bhratara enam atat-prabhdava-vidas trayyam
vidyayam eva paryavasita-matayo na para-vidyayam jada-matir iti
bhratur anusdsana-nirbandhan nyavrtsanta.

pitari uparate—after the death of the father: bhratarah—the
stepbrothers; enam—unto this Bharata (Jada Bharata): a-tat-prabhava-
vidah—without understanding his exalted position; trayyam—of the
three Vedas; vidyéyam—in the matter of material ritualistic knowledge:
