Text 10]
Rṣabhadeva's Appearance
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interest, and give us the benefit of Your personal glory called apavarga, liberation. You have come, although You are not properly worshiped by us due to our ignorance.
PURPORT
Lord Viṣṇu was personally present at the sacrificial arena, but this does not mean that He had any interest in His own personal benefit. Similarly, the  arcā-vigraha , the Deity in the temple, is present for the same purpose. Out of His causeless mercy, the Supreme Personality of Godhead presents Himself before us so that we can see Him. Since we have no transcendental vision, we cannot see the spiritual  sac-cid-ān-anda-vigraha  of the Lord; therefore, out of His causeless mercy He comes in a form we can see. We can only see material things like stone and wood, and therefore He accepts a form of stone and wood and thus accepts our service in the temple. This is an exhibition of the Lord's causeless mercy. Although He has no interest in such things, in order to receive our loving service, He agrees to act as He does. We cannot actually offer suitable paraphernalia for the Lord's worship because we are completely ignorant. It was out of His causeless mercy that the Lord appeared in the sacrificial arena of Mahārāja Nābhi.
TEXT 10
अथायमेव वरो ह्यर्हत्तम यर्हि बर्हिषि राजर्षेर्वरदर्षमो भवान्निजपुरुषेक्षणविषय आसीत् ॥ १० ॥
athāyam eva varo hy arhattama yarhi barhiṣi rājarṣer varadarṣabho bhavān nija-puruṣekṣaṇa-viṣaya āsīt.
atha—then; ayam—this; eva—certainly; varah—benediction; hi—   indeed; arhat-tama—O most worshipable of the worshipable; yarhi—   because; barhiṣi—in the sacrifice; rāja-rṣeh—of King Nābhi; varada-   rṣabhah—the best of the benefactors; bhavān—Your Lordship; nija-   puruṣa—of Your devotees; ikṣaṇa-viṣayah—the object of the sight:   āsīt—has become.