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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
TEXT 12
अयमवतारो रजसोपच्छुतकैवत्योपशिक्षणार्थः १२
ayam avatāro rajasopapluta-kaivalyopaśikṣaṇārthaḥ.
ayam avatāraḥ —this incarnation (Lord Rṣabhadeva);  rajasā —by the mode of passion;  upapluta —overwhelmed;  kaivalya-upaśikṣaṇa-arthaḥ —to teach people the path of liberation.
TRANSLATION
In this age of Kali, people are overwhelmed by the modes of passion and ignorance. Lord Rṣabhadeva incarnated Himself to deliver them from the clutches of  māyā .
PURPORT
The symptoms of Kali-yuga are predicted in the Twelfth Canto, Third Chapter, of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .  Lāvaṇyaṁ keśa-dhāraṇam . It is predicted how fallen souls will behave. They will keep their hair long and consider themselves very beautiful, or they will pluck out their hair as the Jains do. They will keep themselves unclean and will not wash their mouths. Jains refer to Lord Rṣabhadeva as their original preceptor. If such people are serious followers of Rṣabhadeva, they must also take His instructions. In the Fifth Chapter of this canto, Rṣabhadeva gave His one hundred sons instructions whereby they could become free from the clutches of  māyā . If one actually follows Rṣabhadeva, he will certainly be delivered from the clutches of  māyā  and return home, back to Godhead. If one strictly follows the instructions of Rṣabhadeva given in the Fifth Chapter, he will certainly be liberated. Lord Rṣabhadeva incarnated specifically to deliver these fallen souls.
TEXT 13
तस्यानुगुणान् श्लोकान् गायन्ति— 
  अहो भुवः सप्तसमुद्रवत्या 
  द्वीपेषु वर्षेष्वधिपुष्पमेतत् ।