Chapter 1:
The Activities of Mahârâja
Priyavrata
(9) Recognizing the
swan-carrier of his almighty father Lord Hiranyagarbha [Brahmâ] the
devarishi [Nârada], Priyavrata and his
father [Svâyambhuva Manu] present
there immediately
rose
to
their
feet with their hands
folded in order to be respectfully of worship with all
the paraphernalia.
Chapter 2: The Activities
of Mahârâja Âgnîdhra
(4) She there wandered
around in the woods near that place of
meditation, that most beautiful was dense with various trees
with masses of high reaching, golden creepers attached to the branches.
The clear waters of the lake
filled with lotuses resounded with the vibrations of the
pleasant sounds of communicating pairs of land
birds and on their turn responding water birds like ducks and swans.
Chapter 3: Rishabhadeva's
Appearance
in
the
Womb
of
Merudevî,
the Wife of King Nâbhi
(6) You are
most pleased, oh Supreme Lord, by
Your servants who
in great ecstasy do their
prayers with faltering voices and perform their worship with water, fresh
twigs of green, tulasî
leaves and sprouts of grass.
Chapter 4: The Characteristics of Rishabhadeva
(8) The Supreme Lord Rishabha,
after accepting His
kingdom as His field of work, set an example by living with His
spiritual teachers and giving them donations upon finishing His
studies. Being
ordered to take up
the
duties of a householder He
married with Jayantî who had been offered to Him by Indra. He
then
taught by example how to perform both types of activities as mentioned
in the
scriptures [of defending the religion and fighting injustice]. He
begot a hundred sons [in her and in co-wives or through his sons
with daughters-in-law] who were exactly like Him.
Chapter 5: Lord Rishabhadeva's Teachings to His
Sons
(10-13) With the help of one's
intelligence
one
can give up the false identification
with the material world, the cause of material bondage. That is
achieved by
following a spiritually advanced person, a guru, as also by devotional
service unto Me, by not desiring, by exercising tolerance with the dual
world and by inquiries; by realizing the truth of the miseries of
the
living beings everywhere, by practicing austerities and penances and by
giving up on sensual pleasures; by working for Me, listening to stories
about Me as also by always keeping company with devoted souls; by
singing about My qualities, by freedom from enmity, by being equal to
all, by subduing one's emotions, oh sons; by trying to forsake the
identification with one's home and body, by studying yoga literatures;
by living alone, by entirely controlling the breath, the senses and
the mind; by developing faith, by continually observing celibacy, by
constant vigilance, by restraint of speech; by thinking of Me, seeing
Me everywhere, by developing knowledge and through wisdom in being
illumined by the practice of yoga;
and by being endowed with
determination, enthusiasm and goodness.
(27) Engage
all
of
your
mind,
your
words and
the perception of all your active and receptive senses directly in My
worship, for without it a person will not be able to free himself
from the great illusion that binds him to death.'
