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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.11.1
vadasy atho nāti-vidām varishthah
na sūrayo hi vyavahāram enam
tattvāvamarśena sahāmananti
SYNONYMS
brāhmanah uvāca — the brāhmana said; akovidah — without having experience; kovida-vāda-vādān — words used by experienced persons; vadasi — you are speaking; atho — therefore; na — not; ati-vidām — of those who are very experienced; varishthah — the most important; na — not; sūrayah — such intelligent persons; hi — indeed; vyavahāram — mundane and social behavior; enam — this; tattva — of the truth; avamarśena — fine judgment by intelligence; saha — with; āmananti — discuss.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmana Jada Bharata said: My dear King, although you are not at all experienced, you are trying to speak like a very experienced man. Consequently you cannot be considered an experienced person. An experienced person does not speak the way you are speaking about the relationship between a master and a servant or about material pains and pleasures. These are simply external activities. Any advanced, experienced man, considering the Absolute Truth, does not talk in this way.
PURPORT
Krishna similarly chastised Arjuna. Aśocyān anvaśocas tvam prajñā-vādāmś ca bhāshase: "While speaking learned words, you are lamenting for what is not worthy of grief." (Bg. 2.11) Similarly, among people in general, 99.9 percent try to talk like experienced advisers, but they are actually devoid of spiritual knowledge and are therefore like inexperienced children speaking nonsensically. Consequently their words cannot be given any importance. One has to learn from Krishna or His devotee. If one speaks on the basis of this experience — that is, on the basis of spiritual knowledge — one's words are valuable. At the present moment, the entire world is full of foolish people. Bhagavad-gītā describes these people as mūdhas. They are trying to rule human society, but because they are devoid of spiritual knowledge, the entire world is in a chaotic condition. To be released from these miserable conditions, one has to become Krishna conscious and take lessons from an exalted personality like Jada Bharata, Lord Krishna and Kapiladeva. That is the only way to solve the problems of material life.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness