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The Characteristics of Rṣabhadeva
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brāhmaṇas  according to the instructions of Vedic knowledge. Those below the brahminical qualification—administrators, merchants and workers—should take instructions from those ideal people who are considered to be intellectuals. In this way, everyone can be elevated to the highest transcendental position and be freed from material attachment. The material world is described by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself as  duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam , a temporary place of misery. No one can stay here, even if he makes a compromise with misery. One has to give up this body and accept another, which may not even be a human body. As soon as one gets a material body, he becomes  deha-bhṛt , or  dehī . In other words, he is subjected to all the material conditions. The leaders of society must be so ideal that by following them one can be relieved from the clutches of material existence.
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यथपि स्वविदितं सकलधर्मं ब्राह्मं गुह्यं ब्राह्मणैर्दर्शितमार्गेण सामादिभिरुपायै- जनतामनुशशास ॥१६॥
yadyapi sva-viditam sakala-dharmam brāhmam guhyam brāhmaṇair darśita-mārgeṇa sāmādibhir upāyair janatām anuśaśāsa.
yadyapi —although;  sva-viditam —known by Him;  sakala-dharmam —which includes all different types of occupational duties:  brāhmam —Vedic instruction;  guhyam —very confidential:  brāhmaṇaiḥ —by the  brāhmaṇas ;  darśita-mārgeṇa —by the path showed;  sāma-ādibhiḥ — sāma, dama, titikṣā  (controlling the mind, controlling the senses, practicing tolerance) and so on:  upāyaiḥ —by the means;  janatām —the people in general;  anuśaśāsa —he ruled over.
TRANSLATION
Although Lord Rṣabhadeva knew everything about confidential Vedic knowledge, which includes information about all types of occupational duties, He still maintained Himself as a kṣatriya and followed the instructions of the brāhmaṇas as they related to mind control, sense control, tolerance and so forth. Thus He ruled the people according to the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, which