Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 15
Rahūgaṇa Meets Jaḍa Bharata: The Shaking Palanquin and the Teaching Beyond Body-Identity
स चापि पाण्डवेय सिन्धुसौवीरपतिस्तत्त्वजिज्ञासायां सम्यक्श्रद्धयाधिकृताधिकारस्तद्धृदयग्रन्थिमोचनं द्विजवच आश्रुत्य बहुयोगग्रन्थसम्मतं त्वरयावरुह्य शिरसा पादमूलमुपसृत: क्षमापयन् विगतनृपदेवस्मय उवाच ॥ १५ ॥
sa cāpi pāṇḍaveya sindhu-sauvīra-patis tattva-jijñāsāyāṁ samyak-śraddhayādhikṛtādhikāras tad dhṛdaya-granthi-mocanaṁ dvija-vaca āśrutya bahu-yoga-grantha-sammataṁ tvarayāvaruhya śirasā pāda-mūlam upasṛtaḥ kṣamāpayan vigata-nṛpa-deva-smaya uvāca.
舒迦提婆·高斯瓦弥继续说：噢，般度族中最杰出的帕利克希特啊，辛杜与苏毗罗之王罗呼伽那，对探求至上真理怀有正信，因此具足资格。他聆听贾达·婆罗多这位婆罗门的言教——为诸多瑜伽论典所认可，能解开心中结缚——于是“我是国王”的傲慢尽皆破除。他立刻从轿舆下来，急忙以头伏于贾达·婆罗多的莲足之前，求赦自己对这位大婆罗门所说的侮辱之语。随后他如此祈祷。
In Bhagavad-gītā (4.2) Lord Kṛṣṇa says:
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This verse says that the enlightened brāhmaṇa’s words can loosen and remove the heart’s knot—deep inner bondage like ego and attachment—when heard with genuine faith and truth-seeking.
After hearing Jaḍa Bharata’s authoritative, spiritually piercing instruction, Rahūgaṇa realized his offense and arrogance as a ruler; he got down from the palanquin, approached the sage’s feet, and apologized with humility.
When corrected by wise guidance, drop defensiveness, acknowledge mistakes quickly, and approach truth with sincere faith—because humility makes spiritual learning and transformation possible.