214 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

When Lord Rsabhadeva saw that the general populace was very
antagonistic to His execution of mystic yoga, He accepted the
behavior of a python in order to counteract their opposition. Thus
He stayed in one place and lay down. While lying down, He ate and
drank, and He passed stool and urine and rolled in it. Indeed, He
smeared His whole body with His own stool and urine so that op-
posing elements might not come and disturb Him.

PURPORT

According to one’s destiny, one enjoys allotted happiness and distress.
even though one keeps himself in one place. This is the injunction of the
sdstras. When one is spiritually situated, he may stay in one place, and all
his necessities will be supplied by the arrangement of the supreme con-
troller. Unless one is a preacher, there is no need to travel all over the
world. A person can stay in one place and execute devotional service
suitably according to time and circumstance. When Rsabhadeva saw that
He was simply being disturbed by traveling throughout the world, He
decided to lie down in one place like a python. Thus He ate. drank. and
He passed stool and urine and smeared His body with them so that people
would not disturb Him.

TEXT 33

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tasya ha yah purisa-surabhi-saugandhya-vayus tarn desam dasa-
yojanam samantat surabhim cakara.

tasya—His: ha—indeed: yah—which: purisa—of the stool:
surabhi—by the aroma; saugandhya—possessing a good fragrance:
vayuh—the air; tam—that: desam—country: dasa—up to ten: yo-
janam—yojanas (one yojana equals eight miles): samantat—all around:
surabhim—aromatic:; cakaéra—made.
