Śukadeva said: O Parīkṣit! The brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata, having the highest realization, though insulted by the King, out of great mercy instructed the King on spiritual matters. Having been worshipped by the King with his tears of regret, his heart became ass quiet as the full ocean after the agitation of the waves of his senses had been calmed, and he again wandered the earth. Oh! King Rahūgana was so fortunate! Though he offended Bharata by making him carry the palanquin, he was showered in the nectar of mercy and became successful. I am most unfortunate. Not being forgiven for the offense of placing a dead snake on the neck of a brāhmaṇa, I have been burned by the poison of his curse. What dark hell will I attain? Śukadeva pacifies the lamenting Parīkṣit. O Parīkṣit whose mother was Uttarā! The Lord entered into your mother’s womb personally and protected you. He showed his form to you. The Lord, sending sages like Nārada and myself to protect you from the brāhmaṇa’s curse, has brought us to you and has nullified the curse by sprinkling you with unprecedented mercy of the sages and making you drink the nectar of Bhāgavatam through me. This shows that your have greater fortune than King Rahūgana, than Bharata, than myself, and than the great sages. Therefore, why do you lament? Though he was scolded, Bharata had the highest realization. He taught about spirit to the King of Sindhu. Sakaruṇam means “with tears.” His heart had waves of the senses which were calmed.