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is the most confidential servitor of the Lord.” Thus Pṛthu Mahārāja can also be called Prabhupāda, or, as described herein,  prabhu . Another question may be raised in this connection. Since Pṛthu Mahārāja was a power incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  śaktyāveśa-avatāra , why did he have to execute the regulative principles in order to become a  prabhu ? Because he appeared on this earth as an ideal king and because it is the duty of the king to instruct the citizens in the execution of devotional service, he followed all the regulative principles of devotional service in order to teach others. Similarly, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, although Kṛṣṇa Himself, taught us how to approach Kṛṣṇa as a devotee. It is said:  āpani ācari’ bhakti śikhāinu savāre . Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed others in the process of devotional service by setting the example Himself through His own personal actions. Similarly, Pṛthu Mahārāja, although a  śaktyāveśa-avatāra  incarnation, still behaved exactly as a devotee in order to achieve the position of  prabhu . Furthermore,  svarūpasthaḥ  means complete liberation. As it is said,  hitvānyathā rūpam svarūpena avasthitiḥ : when a living entity abandons the activities of  māyā  and attains the position from which he can execute devotional service, his state is called  svarūpasthaḥ , or complete liberation.
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अचिनाम महाराज्ञी तत्पत्न्यनुगता वनम् । सुकुमार्यतदही च यत्पद्भ्यां स्पर्शनं भुवः ॥१९॥
arcir nāma mahā-rājñī   tat-patny anugatā vanam   sukumāry atad-arhā ca   yat-padbhyām sparśanam bhuvaḥ
arciḥ nāma —of the name Arci;  mahā-rājñī —the Queen;  tat-patnī —the wife of Mahārāja Pṛthu;  anugatā —who followed her husband;  vanam —in the forest;  sukumārī —very delicate body;  a-tat-arhā —who did not deserve;  ca —also;  yat-padbhyām —by the touch of whose feet;  sparśanam —touching;  bhuvaḥ —on the earth.
TRANSLATION
The Queen, the wife of Pṛthu Mahārāja, whose name was Arci, followed her husband into the forest. Since she was a queen, her body was very delicate. Although she did not deserve to live in the forest, still she voluntarily touched her lotus feet to the ground.