Ṛṣabhadeva katha

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SB 5.3: Ṛṣabhadeva’s Appearance in the 

Womb of Merudevī, the Wife of King Nābhi

• Nabhi and his wife worship Vishnu
• Vishnu appears before Nabhi
• Sacrifices performed for fruitive results
• Nabhi desires a son like the Lord
• The Lord is pleased with the prayers of the sages
• The Lord appears as the son of Merudevi

SB 5.4: The Characteristics of Ṛṣabhadeva, 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead

• The son of Nabhi envinces all good qualitis
• Ṛṣabhadevais enthroned as emperor of the world
• Bharata as the eldest son of Rishnabhadeva
• Ṛṣabhadeva rules according to varnasrama dharma

SB 5.5: Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s Teachings to His Sons

• The purpose of human life
• The material body as cause of misery
• Attacment to home, wife and children
• Severing the knot of bondage in the heart
• Ṛṣabhadeva as the Supreme Personality of Godhead
• The Lord is inclined to the brahmanas
• The true activity of the sense organs
• Ṛṣabhadeva accept the feature of an avadhuta

SB 5.6: The Activities of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva

• The son of Nabhi envinces all good qualities
• Ṛṣabhadeva is enthroned as emperor of the world
• Bharata as the eldest son ofṚṣabhadeva
• Ṛṣabhadevarules according to varnashrama - dharma