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[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
constitutional position of the Supreme Lord as well. Both have the same spiritual identity. Maintaining oneself as a servant of the Supreme Lord, one should avoid rebirth in this material world. If one keeps himself spiritually fit and thinks of himself as an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord, he will be successful at the time he has to give up the material body.
TEXT 7
तस्य ह वा एवं मुक्तलिङ्गस्य भगवत् ऋषभस्य योगमायावासनया देह इमां जगतीमभिमानाभासेन संक्रममाणः कोङ्क्रवेङ्कुकुटकान्दक्षिणकर्णाटका न्देशान् यदृच्छयोपगतः कुटकाचलोपवन आस्यकृतास्मकवल उन्माद इव मुक्तमूर्धजोऽसंवीत एव विचचार ॥ ७ ॥
tasya ha vā evaṁ mukta-liṅgasya bhagavata ṛṣabhasya yogamāyā- vāsanayā deha imāṁ jagatīm abhimānābhāsena saṅkramamāṇaḥ koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān dakṣiṇa-karṇāṭakān deśān yadṛcchayopagataḥ kuṭakācalopavana āsya kṛtāśma-kavala unmāda iva mukta-mūrdhajo 'saṁvīta eva vicacāra.
tasya —of Him (Lord Rṣabhadeva);  ha vā —as it were;  evam —thus;  mukta-liṅgasya —who had no identification with the gross and subtle body;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ṛṣabhasya —of Lord Rṣabhadeva;  yoga-māyā-vāsanayā —by the accomplishment of  yogamāyā  for the purpose of the Lord's pastimes;  dehaḥ —body;  imām —this;  jagatīm —earth;  abhimāna-ābhāsena —with the apparent conception of having a body of material elements;  saṅkramamāṇaḥ —traveling;  koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān —Koṅka. Veṅka and Kuṭaka;  dakṣiṇa —in South India;  karṇāṭakān —in the province of Karṇāṭa  deśān —all the countries;  yadṛcchayā —of His own accord;  upagataḥ —reached;  kuṭakācala-upavane —a forest near Kuṭakācala;  āsya —within the mouth;  kṛta-aśma-kavalaḥ —having put a mouthful of stone;  unmādaḥ iva —just like a madman;  mukta-mūrdhajaḥ —having scattered hair;  asaṁvītaḥ —naked;  eva —just;  vicacāra —traveled.
TRANSLATION
Actually Lord Rṣabhadeva had no material body, but due to  yogamāyā , He considered His body material, and therefore,