स कदाचिदटमानो भगवानृषभो ब्रह्मावर्तगतो ब्रह्मर्षिप्रवरसभायां प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनामात्मजानवहितात्मन: प्रश्रयप्रणयभरसुयन्त्रितानप्युपशिक्षयन्निति होवाच ॥ १९ ॥
sa kadacid atamano bhagavan rsabho brahmavarta-gato brahmarsi-pravara-sabhayam prajanam nisamayantinam atmajan avahitatmanah prasraya-pranaya-bhara-suyantritan apy upasiksayann iti hovaca.
- sah
- He
- kadacit
- once
- atamanah
- while on tour
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- rsabhah
- Lord Rsabha
- brahmavarta-gatah
- when He reached the place known as Brahmavarta (identified by some as Burma and by others as a place near Kanpura, Uttar Pradesh)
- brahma-rsi-pravara-sabhayam
- in a meeting of first-class brahmanas
- prajanam
- while the citizens
- nisamayantinam
- were hearing
- atmajan
- His sons
- avahita-atmanah
- attentive
- prasraya
- of good behavior
- pranaya
- of devotion
- bhara
- by an abundance
- su-yantritan
- well controlled
- api
- although
- upasiksayan
- teaching
- iti
- thus
- ha
- certainly
- uvaca
- said
Once while touring the world, Lord Rsabhadeva, the Supreme Lord, reached a place known as Brahmavarta. There was a great conference of learned brahmanas at that place, and all the King’s sons attentively heard the instructions of the brahmanas there. At that assembly, within the hearing of the citizens, Rsabhadeva 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.