Text 7] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 407
with ornaments; although the child’s body is very delicate, he does not
feel fatigue, nor do the parents think that his ornaments should be taken
away. The living entity has nothing to do with bodily pains and
pleasures. These are simply mental concoctions. An intelligent man will
find the original cause of everything. Material combinations and per-
mutations may be a matter of fact in worldly dealings, but actually the
living force, the soul, has nothing to do with them. Those who are
materially upset take care of the body and manufacture daridra-
nardyana (poor Narayana). However, it is not a fact that the soul or
Supersoul becomes poor simply because the body is poor. These are the
statements of ignorant people. The soul and Supersoul are always apart
from bodily pleasure and pain.
TEXT 7
TT GEIS EID CAAAG IG |
fren — fronfagaelste |
waa Mafe acaart
T WA BANG FA I 9 ll
Socyan imams tvam adhikasta-dinan
vistya nigrhnan niranugraho ’si
Janasya goptasmi vikatthamano
na Sobhase vrddha-sabhasu dhrstah
Socyan—lamentable: imdadn—all these: tvam—you: adhi-kasta-
dinan—poor persons suffering more pains because of their poverty-
stricken position: vistya—by force: nigrhnan—seizing: niranugrahah
asi—you have no mercy in your heart: janasya—of the people in
general: gopta asmi—| am the protector (king): vikatthamaénah—brag-
ging; na sobhase—you do not look very good: vrddha-sabhasu—in the
society of learned persons: dhrstah—simply impudent.
TRANSLATION
It is a fact, however, that these innocent people carrying your

palanquin without payment are certainly suffering due to this
