Text 8] Maharaja Rahigana Meets Jada Bharata 343
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evam bahv abaddham api bhasamanam nara-devabhimanam rajasa
tamasanuviddhena madena tiraskrtasesa-bhagavat-priya-niketam
pandita-maninam sa bhagavan brahmano brahma-bhita-sarva-bhita-
suhrd-dtma yogesvara-caryayam nati-vyutpanna-matim smayamdéna
iva vigata-smaya idam aha.

evam—in this way; bahu—much; abaddham—nonsensical; api—
although; bhdsamdnam—talking; nara-deva-abhimanam—King
Rahigana, who thought himself the ruler; rajasa —by the material mode
of passion; tamasd—as well as by the mode of ignorance; anuvid-
dhena—being increased; madena—by madness; tiraskrta—who
rebuked; asesa—innumerable; bhagavat-priya-niketam—devotees of
the Lord; pandita-maninam—considering himself a very learned
scholar; sah—that; bhagavdn—spiritually most powerful (Jada
Bharata); brdhmanah—a fully qualified brahmana; brahma-bhita—
fully self-realized; sarva-bhiita-suhrt-atma—who was thus the friend of
all living entities; yoga-isvara—of the most advanced mystic yogis;
caryayam—in the behavior; na ati-vyutpanna-matim—unto King
Rahigana, who was not actually experienced; smayamanah—slightly
smiling; iva—like; vigata-smayah—who was relieved from all material
pride; idam—this; a@ha—spoke.

TRANSLATION

Thinking himself a king, King Rahagana was in the bodily con-
ception and was influenced by material nature’s modes of passion
and ignorance. Due to madness, he chastised Jada Bharata with un-
called-for and contradictory words. Jada Bharata was a topmost
