320 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 9

callous to all duality, the happiness and distress of this material world,
one is fit for amrtatva, eternal life. Bharata Maharaja was determined to
finish his business in this material world, and he did not at all care for
the world of duality. He was complete in Krsna consciousness and was
oblivious to good and evil, happiness and distress. As stated in Caitanya-
caritamrta (Antya 4.176):

‘dvaite’ bhadrabhadra-jndna, saba-‘manodharma’
‘ei bhala, ei manda’, —-saba ‘bhrama’

“In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental
speculations. Therefore, saying, “This is good and this is bad,’ is all a
mistake.”” One has to understand that in the material world of duality, to
think that this is good or that this is bad is simply a mental concoction.
However, one should not imitate this consciousness; one should actually
be situated on the spiritual platform of neutrality.

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AY KUALA TOA TOUT YAS TANTT ETA 1122 I

atha kadacit kascid vrsala-patir bhadra-kalyai purusa-pasum
Glabhatapatya-kamah.

atha—thereafter; kaddcit—at some time; kascit—some; vrsala-
patih—the leader of sidras engaged in plundering the property of
others; bhadra-kdlyai—unto the goddess known as Bhadra Kali;
purusa-pasum—an animal in the shape of a man; dlabhata—started to
sacrifice; apatya-kamah—desiring a son.

TRANSLATION

At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of
dacoits who came from a Sidra family wanted to worship the god-
dess Bhadra Kali by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is
considered no better than an animal.
