362 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 10
is herein accepted as the direct representative of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead because he was imparting knowledge on behalf of
the Supreme Lord. Therefore Maharaja Rahagana concluded that it was
appropriate to ask him about dtma-tattva, the spiritual science. Tad-
vinandrtham sa gurum evabhigacchet. This Vedic injunction is also con-
firmed herein. If anyone is at all interested in knowing the spiritual
science (brahma-jijfdsa), he must approach a guru like Jada Bharata.
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sa vai bhaval loka-niriksanartham
avyakta-lingo vicaraty api svit
yogesvaranam gatim andha-buddhih
katham vicaksita grhanubandhah
sah—that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation
Kapiladeva; vai—indeed; bhavan—your good self; loka-niriksana-
artham—just to study the characteristics of the people of this world;
avyakta-lingah—without manifesting your real identity; vicarati—are
traveling in this world; api svit—whether; yoga-isvaradnam—of all the
advanced yogis; gatim—the characteristics or actual behavior; andha-
buddhih—who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual
knowledge; katham—how; vicaksita—may know; grha-anubandhah—I|
who am bound by attachment to family life, or worldly life.
TRANSLATION
Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of
Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human
being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and
dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the
