# 3rd Life - Deer to Jada Bharata Bharata next took birth as the son of an advanced *brahmana*. Fully aware of the powerful influence of illusion (*maya*), Jada Bharata pretended to be deaf and dumb so as to avoid materialistic association and social interaction. When his mother and father died, Jada Bharata was placed under the supervision of his stepbrothers. Though people thought him to be crazy, insulting and exploiting him at every opportunity, Jada Bharata remained absorbed in perfect devotional consciousness and unaffected by such disrespectful behaviour. Once, having been ordered by his evil stepbrothers to guard a paddy field like a scarecrow, Jada Bharata was captured by dacoits. They placed him as a sacrifice before the Goddess Kali and raised a sword to kill him. Kali was infuriated by the mistreatment of such a saintly person. She burst out of the deity, and, taking the chopper in her own hands, killed all the dacoits there! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-05/r.e.a.p/e-emperor-to-deer-7-15/3rd-life-deer-to-jada-bharata.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.