Text 14] The Characteristics of Rsabhadeva 155

drabhamanah kdlenadnugatam dharmam dcaranenopasiksayann atad-
vidam sama upasdnto maitrah kdruniko dharmartha-yasah-prajanan-
damrtavarodhena grhesu lokari niyamayat.

bhagavdn—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rsabha—Rsabha;
sanyrah—named; dtma-tantrah—fully independent; svayam—per-
sonally; nitya—eternally; nivrtta—free from; anartha—of things not
wanted (birth, old age, disease and death); paramparah—the continual
succession, one after another; kevala—only; dnanda-anubhavah—full
of transcendental bliss; isvarah—the Supreme Lord, the controller;
eva—indeed; viparita-vat—just like the opposite; karma@ni—material
activities; Grabhamadnah—performing; kdalena—in course of time;
anugatam—neglected; dharmam—the varndsrama-dharma; dcara-
nena—by executing; upasiksayan—teaching: a-tat-vidim—persons
who are in ignorance; samah—equipoised; upasdntah—undisturbed by
the material senses; maitrah—very friendly to everyone; kdrunikah—
very merciful to all; dharma—religious principles; artha—economic
development; yasah—reputation; praja—sons and daughters; dnan-
da—material pleasure; amrta—eternal life; | avarodhena—for
achieving; grhesu—in household life; lokam—the people in general:
niyamayat—He regulated.

TRANSLATION

Being an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Lord Rsabhadeva was fully independent because His form was
spiritual, eternal and full of transcendental bliss. He eternally had
nothing to do with the four principles of material misery [birth,
death, old age and disease]. Nor was He materially attached. He was
always equipoised, and He saw everyone on the same level. He was
unhappy to see others unhappy, and He was the well-wisher of all
living entities. Although He was a perfect personality, the
Supreme Lord and controller of all, He nonetheless acted as if He
were an ordinary conditioned soul. Therefore He strictly followed
the principles of varnasrama-dharma and acted accordingly. In due
course of time, the principles of varnasrama-dharma had become
neglected; therefore through His personal characteristics and
behavior, He taught the ignorant public how to perform duties
