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you thus disregard my orders and think of living? You must be a
madman, like the Death-god I will punish your madness and bring
you to your senses." King Rahugana was proud of his learning and
his kingship. He was inflated with Rajas and Tames. He had there-
fore no hesitation in reproaching that lord of Yoga, Bharata.
Bharata smiled and thus replied: "Thy taunts are true, O
king! There is no doubt, I am neither tired nor did I travel long.
For thy weight does not affect me nor have I any distance to travel.
Nor could I be called fat. For the body is fat and not I. It is by
falsely attributing the bodily attributes to self that one is said to have
thickness, leanness, disease, hunger thirst, fear, enmity, desire, sleep,
attachment, anger, egotism, pride and sorrow. But I have no such
false perception.
Thou sayest I am dead even when alive. But such is the case
with all beings for they are all subject to constant transformations.
Thou chargest me with disregarding the orders of my Master.
But only if the relationship of Master and servant does really subsist,
might there be command and obedience. But where is that relation-
ship? If thou sayest, in the ways of the world, thou art my king
momentary though these ways be, please tell me thy behests.
Thou eallest me a mad man and dost want to punish me and
bring me to my senses. But I am not mad, though I may look so,
for I am fixed in the meditation of Brahma. But still if thou think-
est me to be a madman it will be useless to punish or to teach a
senseless being."
So saying Bharata continued to carry the king. Rahugana
came down from the palanquin and fell at Bharata's feet. He ex-
pressed regret for having slighted such a sage in disguise and prayed
for a fuller explanation of the philosophy involved in his weighty
words. This led to an explanation by Bharata of the Advaita phi-
losophy from the stand point of the Puranas, a denunciation of Vedic
and Tantric rites, and an allegorical description of the wordly life as
trading in the forest (the world being the forest and the traders being
men in search of wealth). The allegory was explained by Suka to
Parlkshit. [The enquiring student is referred to the original for
details (V. 11-14.)]
SKANDHA V. CHAP. 15.
We must hurriedly refer to the line of Bharata. Sumati was
the son of Bharata. Ill guided men in the Kali Yuga will call him a
God. In his line Pratiha was master of Atma Vidya. Coming lower
down by far the most renowned king in the line of Bharata was Gaya
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