Text 6] The Activities of Lord Rsabhadeva 227

being); yoginam—of the yogis; sampardya-vidhim—the method of
giving up this material body; anusiksayan—teaching; sva-kalevaram—
His own personal body, which is not at all material; jihaéswh—desiring to
give up like an ordinary human being: atmani—unto Vasudeva. the
original person; a@tmanam—Himself, Lord Rsabhadeva. being an dvesa-
avatara of Lord Visnu; asamvyavahitam—without intervention by the
illusory energy; anartha-antara-bhavena—Himself in the status of
Visnu; anviksamanah—always seeing; uparata-anuvrttih—who was
acting as if giving up His material body; upararama—ceased His
pastimes as the King of this planet.

TRANSLATION

Lord Rsabhadeva was the head of all kings and emperors within
this universe, but assuming the dress and language of an avadhita,
He acted as if dull and materially bound. Consequently no one
could observe His divine opulence. He adopted this behavior just
to teach yogis how to give up the body. Nonetheless, He main-
tained His original position as a plenary expansion of Lord
Vasudeva, Krsna. Remaining always in that state, He gave up His
pastimes as Lord Rsabhadeva within the material world. If,
following in the footsteps of Lord Rsabhadeva, one can give up his
subtle body, there is no chance that one will accept a material body
again.

PURPORT
As Lord Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (4.9):

Janma karma ca me divyam
evar yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so ‘rjuna

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and ac-
tivities does not, upon leaving the body. take his birth again in this
material world, but attains My eternal abode. O Arjuna.”

This is possible simply by keeping oneself an eternal servant of the
Supreme Lord. One must understand his constitutional position and the
