Chapter 1:
The Activities of Mahârâja
Priyavrata
(9) There rose the
devarishi [Nârada], recognizing the swan-carrier of his almighty
father Lord Hiranyagarbha [Brahmâ],
together with Priyavrata and his father immediately to their feet to
worship him with respect with their hands folded and with all the
paraphernalia.
Chapter 2: The Activities
of Mahârâja Âgnîdhra
(4) Strolling around in
the woods could she thus be found in that place of meditation, which
was very beautiful with its dense variety of trees with masses of high
reaching, golden creepers attached to the branches. In the clear waters
of the lotus-filled lake there, sang she along with the vibrations of
the pleasant sounds of the communicating pairs of the land birds and
water birds like ducks, swans and such.
Chapter 3: Rishabhadeva's
Appearance in the Womb of Merudevî,
the Wife of King Nâbhi
(6) It is by the worship
indeed of Your servants, who in great ecstasy with faltering voices do
their prayers,
performing with water, fresh twigs of green, tulasî leaves and
sprouts of grass, that You become satisfied.
Chapter 4: The Characteristics of Rishabhadeva
(8) The Supreme Lord Rishabha
then, accepting His kingdom as His field of work, set an example in
living with the spiritual master, giving gifts upon achieving and, as
was demanded by the guru, took upon Him the duties of a householder.
Thus, being married to Jayantî who had been offered to Him by
Indra, He taught by example performing both the types of work as
mentioned in the scriptures [of defending the religion and fighting
injustice], begetting a hundred sons [with her and with co-wives or via
his sons with daughters in law] that were exactly like Him.
Chapter 5: Lord Rishabhadeva's Teachings to His
Sons
(10-13) By following a
spiritually advanced person, a guru; in devotional service unto Me, by
not desiring, in being of tolerance with the dual world and as well by
inquiring and by realizing the truth of the miseries of the living
being everywhere; by practicing austerities and penances and giving up
on sensual pleasures; by working for Me, listening to stories about Me
as also by always keeping company with the devoted; by singing about My
qualities; by being without enmity, by being equal to all, by subduing
one's emotions, o sons; by desiring to give up on the identification
with one's home and body, by studying the yoga literatures; by living
solitary, by fully controlling the breath, the senses and the mind; by
developing faith, by always observing celibacy, by being ever vigilant,
by restraint of speech; by thinking of Me, seeing Me everywhere; by
developing knowledge, wisdom and by being illumined by the practice of
yoga; by patience, enthusiasm and endowed with goodness and
benevolence, one can give up the false identification with the material
world, the cause of material bondage.
(27) Engage all mind, words
and sight of your active and receptive senses directly in My worship,
because otherwise a person will never be able to free himself from the
great illusion which is Yama's deathtrap.'
