Text 10] Rsabhadeva’s Appearance 121
interest, and give us the benefit of Your personal glory called
apavarga, liberation. You have come, although You are not
properly worshiped by us due to our ignorance.
PURPORT

Lord Visnu was personally present at the sacrificial arena, but this
does not mean that He had any interest in His own personal benefit.
Similarly, the arcd-vigraha, the Deity in the temple, is present for the
same purpose. Out of His causeless mercy, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead presents Himself before us so that we can see Him. Since we
have no transcendental vision, we cannot see the spiritual sac-cid-dn-
anda-vigraha of the Lord: therefore, out of His causeless mercy He
comes in a form we can see. We can only see material things like stone
and wood, and therefore He accepts a form of stone and wood and thus
accepts our service in the temple. This is an exhibition of the Lord's
causeless mercy. Although He has no interest in such things, in order to
receive our loving service, He agrees to act as He does. We cannot ac-
tually offer suitable paraphernalia for the Lord’s worship because we are
completely ignorant. It was out of His causeless mercy that the Lord ap-
peared in the sacrificial arena of Maharaja Nabhi.

TEXT 10
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TET aT ew af AEA ATARI aafagEtINT
Mtg I Lo Al
athayam eva varo hy arhattama yarhi barhisi rdjarser varadarsabho
bhavan nija-puruseksana-visaya sit.

atha—then: ayam—this; eva—certainly; varah—benediction: hi—
indeed: arhat-tama—O most worshipable of the worshipable: yarhi—
because: barhisi—in the sacrifice; raja-rseh—of King Nabhi: varada-
rsabhah—the best of the benefactors; bhavan—Your Lordship: nija-
purusa—of Your devotees: iksana-visayah—the object of the sight:
asit—has become.
