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[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
exactly like cows, deer and crows. In that way, He ate, drank, passed stool and urine and cheated the people in this way.
PURPORT
Being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Rṣabhadeva possessed a transcendental, spiritual body. Since the general public could not appreciate His behavior and mystic  yoga  practice, they began to disturb Him. To cheat them, He behaved like crows, cows and deer.
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इति नानायोगचर्याचरणो भगवान् कैवल्यपतिर्ऋषभोऽविरतपरममहानन्दानुभव 
    आत्मनि सर्वेषां भूतानामात्मभूते भगवति वासुदेव आत्मनोऽव्यवधानानन्त- 
    रोदरभावेन सिद्धसमस्तार्थपरिपूर्णो योगैश्वर्याणि वैहायसमनोजवान्तर्धानपरकाय- 
    प्रवेशदूरग्रहणादीनि यदृच्छयोपगतानि नाञ्जसा नृप हृदयेनाभ्यनन्दत् ॥३५॥
iti nānā-yoga-caryācaraṇo bhagavān kaivalya-patir ṛṣabho 'virata- 
    parama-mahānandānubhava ātmani sarveṣām bhūtānām ātma-bhūte 
    bhagavati vāsudeva ātmano 'vyavadhānānanta-rodara-bhāvena siddha- 
    samastārtha-paripūrṇo yogaiśvaryāṇi vaihāyasa-mano-javāntardhāna- 
    parakāya-praveśa-dūra-grahaṇādīni yadṛcchayopagatāni nāñjasā nṛpa 
    hṛdayenābhyanandat.
iti—thus; nānā—various; yoga—of mystic yoga; caryā—perfor- 
    mances; ācaraṇaḥ—practicing; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of 
    Godhead; kaivalya-patiḥ—the master of kaivalya, oneness, or the giver 
    of sāyujya-mukti; ṛṣabhaḥ—Lord Rṣabha; avirata—incessantly; 
    parama—supreme; mahā—great; ānanda-anubhavaḥ—feeling tran- 
    scendental bliss; ātmani—in the Supreme Soul; sarveṣām—of all; 
    bhūtānām—living entities; ātma-bhūte—situated in the heart; bhaga- 
    vati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāsudeve—Kṛṣṇa, the 
    son of Vasudeva; ātmanaḥ—of Himself; avyavadhāna—by the non- 
    difference of constitution; ananta—unlimited; rodara—like crying, 
    laughing and shivering; bhāvena—by the symptoms of love; siddha— 
    completely perfect; samasta—all; artha—with desirable opulences; 
    paripūrṇaḥ—full; yoga-aiśvaryāṇi—the mystic powers; vaihāyasa—