Text 2] Rsabhadeva’s Appearance 111

pratikah—possessing a very beautiful form; datmanam—Himeelf;
aparajitam —not to be conquered by anyone; nija-jana—of His devotee;
abhipreta-artha—the desire: vidhitsaya—to fulfill; grhita-hrdayah—
His heart being attracted; hrdayarigamam—captivating; manah-
nayana-Gnandana—pleasing to the mind and eyes; avayava—by the
limbs; abhiramam—beautiful: dviscakadra—manifested.

TRANSLATION

In the performance of a sacrifice, there are seven transcendental
means to obtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead: (1) by sacrificing valuable things or eatables, (2) by
acting in terms of place, (3) by acting in terms of time, (4) by
offering hymns, (5) by going through the the priest, (6) by
offering gifts to the priests and (7) by observing the regulative
principles. However, one cannot always obtain the Supreme Lord
through this paraphernalia. Nonetheless, the Lord is affectionate
to His devotee; therefore when Maharaja Nabhi, who was a devo-
tee, worshiped and offered prayers to the Lord with great faith and
devotion and with a pure uncontaminated mind, superficially per-
forming some yajiia in the line of pravargya, the kind Supreme
Personality of Godhead, due to His affection for His devotees, ap-
peared before King Nabhi in His unconquerable and captivating
form with four hands. In this way, to fulfill the desire of His devo-
tee, the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifested Himself in
His beautiful body before His devotee. This body pleases the mind
and eyes of the devotees.

PURPORT
In Bhagavada-gita it is clearly said:

bhaktya mam abhyanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah

tato mam tattvato jrdatva
visate tad-anantaram

“One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devo-
tional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme
