O Parīkṣit! For the highest devotees who have severed the tight knot of identity with the body, who are friends with all beings, who have no enemy, who are protected by the attentive Lord with his attentive cakra and his various moods, and who have taken shelter of his fearless lotus feet, it is not surprising that one can be undisturbed at the moment of having one’s head cut off. “Is it not impossible that Bharata would not be disturbed by his death, and not show anger to his killers?” O Parīkṣit (visṇu-datta)! It is not surprising that there is no disturbance when one’s head is about to be cut off, for persons who are free of the tight knot in the heart composed of identity with the body, who are friends with all beings (sattva), even their killer, and who are protected by the attentive (apramattena) Lord holding in his hand the attentive (animiṣa) cakra, with his various moods of affection for his devotees, protecting the righteous and punishing the sinful (taiḥ taih bhāvaiḥ). Thus ends the commentary on the Ninth Chapter of the Fifth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Ten King Rahūgana Chastises Jaḍa Bharata