Text 11] Rsabhadeva’s Appearance 123

asanga-nisita-jnandnala-vidhittasesa-malanam bhavat-svabhavanam
atmaramanam muninam anavarata-parigunita-guna-gana parama-
mangalayana-guna-gana-kathano ’si.

asanga—by detachment; nisita—strengthened; jnana—of
knowledge; anala—by the fire; vidhitta—removed; asesa—unlimited;
malandm—whose dirty things; bhavat-svabhavandm—who have at-
tained Your qualities; atma-ardmanam—who are self-satisfied;
munindm—of great sages; anavarata—incessantly; parigunita—
recounted; guna-gana—O Lord, whose spiritual qualities; parama-
mangala—supreme bliss; ayana—produces; guna-gana-kathanah—
He, the chanting of whose attributes; asi— You are.

TRANSLATION

Dear Lord, all the great sages who are thoughtful and saintly
persons incessantly recount Your spiritual qualities. These sages
have already burned up all the unlimited dirty things and, by the
fire of knowledge, strengthened their detachment from the
material world. Thus they have attained Your qualities and are
self-satisfied. Yet even for those who feel spiritual bliss in chanting
Your attributes, Your personal presence is very rare.

PURPORT

The priests in Maharaja Nabhi’s sacrificial arena appreciated the per-
sonal presence of the Supreme Lord Visnu. and they considered them-
selves very much obliged. The Lord’s appearance is rare even for great
saintly persons who have become completely detached from this material
world and whose hearts are clean due to constantly chanting the glories
of the Lord. Such people are satisfied by chanting the transcendental
qualities of the Lord. The Lord’s personal presence is not actually re-
quired. The priests are pointing out that the Lord’s personal presence is
very rare even for such elevated sages but that He was so kind to them
that now He was personally present. Therefore the priests were very

much obliged.
