Text 15]
The Activities of Lord Rṣabhadeva
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TRANSLATION
“Oh, what shall I say of the dynasty of Priyavrata, which is pure and very much celebrated. In that dynasty, the Supreme Person, the original Personality of Godhead, descended as an incarnation and executed religious principles that could free one from the results of fruitive activity.
PURPORT
There are many dynasties in human society wherein the Supreme Lord descends as an incarnation. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared in the Yadu dynasty, and Lord Rāmacandra appeared in the Ikṣvāku, or Raghu, dynasty. Similarly, Lord Rṣabhadeva appeared in the dynasty of King Priyavrata. All these dynasties are very famous, and of them the dynasty of Priyavrata is most famous.
TEXT 15
को न्वस्य काष्ठामपरोऽनुगच्छे-
न्मनोरथेनाप्यभवस्य योगी ।
यो योगमायाः स्पृहयत्पुदस्ता
ह्यसत्तया येन कृतप्रयत्नाः ॥१५॥
ko nv asya kāṣṭhām aparo 'nugacchen mano-rathenāpy abhavasya yogī yo yoga-māyāḥ spṛhayaty udastā hy asattayā yena kṛta-prayatnāḥ
kaḥ —who;  nu —indeed;  asya —of Lord Rṣabhadeva;  kāṣṭhām —the example;  aparaḥ —else;  anugacchet —can follow;  manaḥ-rathena —by the mind;  api —even;  abhavasya —of the unborn;  yogī —the mystic;  yaḥ —who;  yoga-māyāḥ —the mystic perfections of  yoga ;  spṛhayati —desires;  udastāḥ —rejected by Rṣabhadeva;  hi —certainly;  asattayā —by the quality of being insubstantial;  yena —by whom. Rṣabhadeva:  kṛta-prayatnāḥ —although eager to serve.