SB 5.4.19 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स कदाचिदटमानो भगवानृषभो ब्रह्मावर्तगतो ब्रह्मर्षिप्रवरसभायां प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनामात्मजानवहितात्मन: प्रश्रयप्रणयभरसुयन्त्रितानप्युपशिक्षयन्निति होवाच ॥ १९ ॥

Verse text

sa kadācid aṭamāno bhagavān ṛṣabho brahmāvarta-gato brahmarṣi-pravara-sabhāyāṁ prajānāṁ niśāmayantīnām ātmajān avahitātmanaḥ praśraya-praṇaya-bhara-suyantritān apy upaśikṣayann iti hovāca.

Synonyms

saḥ — He ; kadācit — once ; aṭamānaḥ — while on tour ; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; ṛṣabhaḥ — Lord Ṛṣabha ; brahmāvarta — gataḥ — when He reached the place known as Brahmāvarta (identified by some as Burma and by others as a place near Kanpura, Uttar Pradesh) ; brahma — ṛṣi — pravara — sabhāyām — in a meeting of first-class brāhmaṇas ; prajānām — while the citizens ; niśāmayantīnām — were hearing ; ātmajān — His sons ; avahita — ātmanaḥ — attentive ; praśraya — of good behavior ; praṇaya — of devotion ; bhara — by an abundance ; su — yantritān — well controlled ; api — although ; upaśikṣayan — teaching ; iti — thus ; ha — certainly ; uvāca — said .

Translation

Once while touring the world, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Lord, reached a place known as Brahmāvarta. There was a great conference of learned brāhmaṇas at that place, and all the King’s sons attentively heard the instructions of the brāhmaṇas there. At that assembly, within the hearing of the citizens, Ṛṣabhadeva instructed His sons, although they were already very well-behaved, devoted and qualified. He instructed them so that in the future they could rule the world very perfectly. Thus he spoke as follows.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Once, while traveling, Ṛṣabha, the Supreme Lord arriving at Brahmāvarta and there taught his attentive sons who were self-controlled and filled with obedience and devotion in an assembly of the best brāhmaṇas and sages, while the citizens listened. He spoke as follows. Thus ends the commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Fifth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Five Ṛṣabha Instructs His Sons

Purport

The instructions of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva to His sons are very valuable if one wants to live peacefully within this world, which is full of miseries. In the next chapter, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva gives His sons these valuable instructions. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Characteristics of Ṛṣabhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”