अथ ह भगवानृषभदेव: स्ववर्षं कर्मक्षेत्रमनुमन्यमान: प्रदर्शितगुरुकुलवासो लब्धवरैर्गुरुभिरनुज्ञातो गृहमेधिनां धर्माननुशिक्षमाणो जयन्त्यामिन्द्रदत्तायामुभयलक्षणं कर्म समाम्नायाम्नातमभियुञ्जन्नात्मजानामात्मसमानानां शतं जनयामास ॥ ८ ॥
atha ha bhagavan rsabhadevah sva-varsam karma-ksetram anumanyamanah pradarsita-gurukula-vaso labdha-varair gurubhir anujnato grhamedhinam dharman anusiksamano jayantyam indra-dattayam ubhaya-laksanam karma samamnayamnatam abhiyunjann atmajanam atma-samananam satam janayam asa.
- atha
- thereupon (after the departure of his father)
- ha
- indeed
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- rsabha-devah
- Rsabhadeva
- sva
- His own
- varsam
- kingdom
- karma-ksetram
- the field of activities
- anumanyamanah
- accepting as
- pradarsita
- shown as an example
- gurukula-vasah
- lived at the gurukula
- labdha
- having achieved
- varaih
- gifts
- gurubhih
- by the spiritual masters
- anujnatah
- being ordered
- grha-medhinam
- of the householders
- dharman
- duties
- anusiksamanah
- teaching by example
- jayantyam
- in His wife, Jayanti
- indra-dattayam
- offered by Lord Indra
- ubhaya-laksanam
- of both types
- karma
- activities
- samamnayamnatam
- mentioned in the scriptures
- abhiyunjan
- performing
- atmajanam
- sons
- atma-samananam
- exactly like Himself
- satam
- one hundred
- janayam asa
- begot
After Nabhi Maharaja departed for Badarikasrama, the Supreme Lord, Rsabhadeva, understood that His kingdom was His field of activities. He therefore showed Himself as an example and taught the duties of a householder by first accepting brahmacarya under the direction of spiritual masters. He also went to live at the spiritual masters’ place, gurukula. After His education was finished, He gave gifts (guru-daksina) to His spiritual masters and then accepted the life of a householder. He took a wife named Jayanti and begot one hundred sons who were as powerful and qualified as He Himself. His wife Jayanti had been offered to Him by Indra, the King of heaven. Rsabhadeva and Jayanti performed householder life in an exemplary way, carrying out ritualistic activities ordained by the sruti and smrti sastra.