तमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं मोक्षधर्मविवक्षया । अवतीर्णं सुतशतं तस्यासीद् ब्रह्मपारगम् ॥ १६ ॥
tam āhur vāsudevāṁśaṁ mokṣa-dharma-vivakṣayā avatīrṇaṁ suta-śataṁ tasyāsīd brahma-pāragam
- tam
- Him
- āhuḥ
- they call
- vāsudeva-aṁśam
- a plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva
- mokṣa-dharma
- the process of attaining liberation
- vivakṣayā
- with the desire to teach
- avatīrṇam
- appeared in this world
- suta
- sons
- śatam
- one hundred
- tasya
- His
- āsīt
- there were
- brahma
- the Vedas
- pāra-gam
- who perfectly assimilated
Śrī Ṛṣabhadeva is accepted as an expansion of the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva. He incarnated in this world to propagate those religious principles that lead living entities to ultimate liberation. He had one hundred sons, all perfect in Vedic knowledge.