During his previous life as emperor of Bharat, Jadabharata was the custodian, protector and ultimate shelter for all devotees of Lord Vishnu. When he was reborn, the world, including King Rahuguna, who was himself a very pious, spirituous and virtuous devotee of Lord Vishnu, mistakes him to be insane. This is stated in Garuda Purana and cited by Sri Madhwacharya in his Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya:
AshEShaBhagavatpriyANAm nikEtaha sa yEva BharatO mAnuShApEkShayA|
TatkAlasThitaBhaktEShu mAnuShEShvruShaBhAtmajaha|
VarO(a)pi DhikkrutO rAjnA suhrudA VaiShNavEShwapi||Iti GAruDE||
King Rahugana had cynically commented to Jadabharata: "You are not the only person carrying this palanquin," Jadabharata replies:
TwayOditam vyaktamavipralabDham Bhartuhu sa mE syAd yadi veera BhAraha|
Ganturyadi syAdaDhigamyamaDhwA peeveti chAsau na vidAm pravAdaha||
"Oh brother, did you not mean that I haven't carried the weight at all by your sarcastic statement that 'you have carried the palanquin for too long all alone'? What you said was what exactly happened because, if I was the one to have carried the weight and I was the only person to have walked the distance, then what you said would have been contradicted. In reality, it is Lord Hari who independently carries the weight and independently walks through all terrains. But, your contention that I am a buxom person isn't right. My physique might be buxom. I am not. In fact, it is mentioned in Garuda Purana too: "BharaNAdikrudDhaririti chintayan nrupamabraveet". Hari alone is capable of independently carrying any weight and walking any distance. (TO BE CONTID...)
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