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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.10.9

బ్రాహ్మణ ఉవాచ త్వయోదితం వ్యక్తమవిప్రలబ్ధం భర్తు: స మే స్యాద్యది వీర భార: । గన్తుర్యది స్యాదధిగమ్యమధ్వా పీవేతి రాశౌ న విదాం ప్రవాద: ॥ ౯ ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca
[braahmana uvaacha]
tvayoditaṁ vyaktam avipralabdhaṁ
[tvayoditam vyaktam avipralabdham]
bhartuḥ sa me syād yadi vīra bhāraḥ
[bhartuh sa me syaad yadi veera bhaarah]
gantur yadi syād adhigamyam adhvā
[gantur yadi syaad adhigamyam adhvaa]
pīveti rāśau na vidāṁ pravādaḥ
[peeveti raashau na vidaam pravaadah]
Word-for-word
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca — the learned brāhmaṇa (Jaḍa Bharata) spoke tvayā — by you uditam — explained vyaktam — very clearly avipralabdham — without contradictions bhartuḥ — of the bearer, the body saḥ — that me — mine syāt — it would have been yadi — if vīra — O great hero (Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa) bhāraḥ — a load gantuḥ — of the mover, also the body yadi — if syāt — it had been adhigamyam — the object to be obtained adhvā — the path pīvā — very stout and strong iti — thus rāśau — in the body na — not vidām — of the self-realized persons pravādaḥ — subject matter for discussion.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brāhmaṇa uvāca
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca
the learned brāhmaṇa (Jaḍa Bharata) spoke
tvayoditaṁ vyaktam avipralabdhaṁ
tvayā
by you
uditam
explained
vyaktam
very clearly
avipralabdham
without contradictions
bhartuḥ sa me syād yadi vīra bhāraḥ
bhartuḥ
of the bearer, the body
saḥ
that
me
mine
syāt
it would have been
yadi
if
vīra
O great hero (Mahārāja Rahūgaṇa)
bhāraḥ
a load
gantur yadi syād adhigamyam adhvā
gantuḥ
of the mover, also the body
yadi
if
syāt
it had been
adhigamyam
the object to be obtained
adhvā
the path
pīveti rāśau na vidāṁ pravādaḥ
pīvā
very stout and strong
iti
thus
rāśau
in the body
na
not
vidām
of the self-realized persons
pravādaḥ
subject matter for discussion.
The great brāhmaṇa Jaḍa Bharata said: My dear King and hero, whatever you have spoken sarcastically is certainly true. Actually these are not simply words of chastisement, for the body is the carrier. The load carried by the body does not belong to me, for I am the spirit soul. There is no contradiction in your statements because I am different from the body. I am not the carrier of the palanquin; the body is the carrier. Certainly, as you have hinted, I have not labored carrying the palanquin, for I am detached from the body. You have said that I am not stout and strong, and these words are befitting a person who does not know the distinction between the body and the soul. The body may be fat or thin, but no learned man would say such things of the spirit soul. As far as the spirit soul is concerned, I am neither fat nor skinny; therefore you are correct when you say that I am not very stout. Also, if the object of this journey and the path leading there were mine, there would be many troubles for me, but because they relate not to me but to my body, there is no trouble at all.
Purport

In Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge is not disturbed by the pains and pleasures of the material body. The material body is completely separate from the spirit soul, and the pains and pleasures of the body are superfluous. The practice of austerity and penance is meant for understanding the distinction between the body and the soul and how the soul can be unaffected by the pleasures and pains of the body. Jaḍa Bharata was actually situated on the platform of self-realization. He was completely aloof from the bodily conception; therefore he immediately took this position and convinced the King that whatever contradictory things the King had said about his body did not actually apply to him as a spirit soul.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Bharata said: O King! What you have spoken is clearly without deceit. Only if the burden of the carrier belonged to me, if the destination and path of the traveler belonged to me, would your statements be sarcasm. To say I am well nourished is not the talk of a person in knowledge. I will show mercy to this person who thinks he has knowledge by defeating him with knowledge. This is expressed by contrary statements. You have said that I am not tired and have not come a long way. That is not incorrect. It is not sarcasm. If the burden of the palanquin carrier (bhartuḥ) belonged to me, then it would be sarcasm. Since I am different from my body, I am not the carrier. If the destination of the traveler or the path of the traveler belonged to me, then it would be sarcasm. Calling me well-nourished belongs to the body (raśau) of the living entities. It is not the talk of persons in knowledge. It is true that I am well-nourished, but for me as a conscious soul, it is slander.
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