46 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 1
narayana-parah sarve
na kutascana bibhyati
svargapavarga-narkesv

api tulyartha-darsinah
A devotee who is actually advanced is not afraid of anything, provided he
has the opportunity to execute the order of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. This is the proper explanation of why Priyavrata engaged in
worldly affairs although he was a liberated person. Also, only because of
this principle does a mahd-bhagavata, who has nothing to do with the
material world, come down to the second platform of devotional service
to preach the glories of the Lord all over the world.

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atha ca duhitaram prajapater visvakarmana upayeme barhismatim
nama tasyém u ha vava dtmajén dtma-samana-sila-guna-karma-riipa-
viryodardn dasa bhavayaém babhiva kanyam ca yaviyasim trjasvatim
nama.
atha—thereafter; ca—also; duhitaram—the daughter; prajapateh —

of one of the prajapatis entrusted with increasing population; visvakar-
manah—named Visvakarma; upayeme—married; barhismatim—
Barhismati; naéma—named; tasyam—in her; u ha—as it is celebrated;
vava—wonderful; atma-jan—sons; atma-samdna—exactly equal to
him; sila—character; guna—quality; karma —activities; rtépa—beauty;
virya—prowess; uddrdn—whose magnanimity; dasa—ten; bhavayam
babhiiva—he begot; kanydm—daughter; ca—also; yaviyasim—the
youngest of all; arjasvatim—Urjasvati; naéma—named.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, Maharaja Priyavrata married Barhismati, the

daughter of the prajapati named Visvakarma. In her he begot ten
