Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.6.7
తస్య హ వా ఏవం ముక్తలిఙ్గస్య భగవత ఋషభస్య యోగమాయావాసనయా దేహ ఇమాం జగతీమభిమానాభాసేన సఙ్క్రమమాణ: కోఙ్కవేఙ్కకుటకాన్దక్షిణకర్ణాటకాన్దేశాన్ యదృచ్ఛయోపగత: కుటకాచలోపవన ఆస్యకృతాశ్మకవల ఉన్మాద ఇవ ముక్తమూర్ధజోఽసంవీత ఏవ విచచార ॥ ౭ ॥
tasya ha vā evaṁ mukta-liṅgasya bhagavata ṛṣabhasya yoga-māyā-vāsanayā deha imāṁ jagatīm abhimānābhāsena saṅkramamāṇaḥ koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān dakṣiṇa-karṇāṭakān deśān yadṛcchayopagataḥ kuṭakācalopavana āsya kṛtāśma-kavala unmāda iva mukta-mūrdhajo ’saṁvīta eva vicacāra.
[tasya ha vaa evam mukta-lingasya bhagavata rishabhasya yoga-maayaa-vaasanayaa deha imaam jagateem abhimaanaabhaasena sankramamaanah konka-venka-kutakaan dakshina-karnaatakaan deshaan yadrichchayopagatah kutakaachalopavana aasya kritaashma-kavala unmaada iva mukta-moordhajo ’samveeta eva vichachaara.]
Word-for-word
tasya
—
of Him (Lord Ṛṣabhadeva)
ha vā
—
as it were
evam
—
thus
mukta-liṅgasya
—
who had no identification with the gross and subtle body
bhagavataḥ
—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ṛṣabhasya
—
of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva
yoga-māyā-vāsanayā
—
by the accomplishment of yoga-māyā for the purpose of the Lord’s pastimes
dehaḥ
—
body
imām
—
this
jagatīm
—
earth
abhimāna-ābhāsena
—
with the apparent conception of having a body of material elements
saṅkramamāṇaḥ
—
traveling
koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān
—
Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka
dakṣiṇa
—
in South India
karṇāṭakān
—
in the province of Karṇāṭa
deśān
—
all the countries
yadṛcchayā
—
of His own accord
upagataḥ
—
reached
kuṭakācala-upavane
—
a forest near Kuṭakācala
āsya
—
within the mouth
kṛta-aśma-kavalaḥ
—
having put a mouthful of stone
unmādaḥ iva
—
just like a madman
mukta-mūrdhajaḥ
—
having scattered hair
asaṁvītaḥ
—
naked
eva
—
just
vicacāra
—
traveled.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasya ha vā evaṁ mukta-liṅgasya bhagavata ṛṣabhasya yoga-māyā-vāsanayā deha imāṁ jagatīm abhimānābhāsena saṅkramamāṇaḥ koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān dakṣiṇa-karṇāṭakān deśān yadṛcchayopagataḥ kuṭakācalopavana āsya kṛtāśma-kavala unmāda iva mukta-mūrdhajo ’saṁvīta eva vicacāra.
tasya
of Him (Lord Ṛṣabhadeva)
ha vā
as it were
evam
thus
mukta-liṅgasya
who had no identification with the gross and subtle body
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ṛṣabhasya
of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva
yoga-māyā-vāsanayā
by the accomplishment of yoga-māyā for the purpose of the Lord’s pastimes
dehaḥ
body
imām
this
jagatīm
earth
abhimāna-ābhāsena
with the apparent conception of having a body of material elements
saṅkramamāṇaḥ
traveling
koṅka-veṅka-kuṭakān
Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka
dakṣiṇa
in South India
karṇāṭakān
in the province of Karṇāṭa
deśān
all the countries
yadṛcchayā
of His own accord
upagataḥ
reached
kuṭakācala-upavane
a forest near Kuṭakācala
āsya
within the mouth
kṛta-aśma-kavalaḥ
having put a mouthful of stone
unmādaḥ iva
just like a madman
mukta-mūrdhajaḥ
having scattered hair
asaṁvītaḥ
naked
eva
just
vicacāra
traveled.
Actually Lord Ṛṣabhadeva had no material body, but due to yoga-māyā He considered His body material, and therefore, because He played like an ordinary human being, He gave up the mentality of identifying with it. Following this principle, He began to wander all over the world. While traveling, He came to the province of Karṇāṭa in South India and passed through Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka. He had no plan to travel this way, but He arrived near Kuṭakācala and entered a forest there. He placed stones within His mouth and began to wander through the forest, naked and with His hair disheveled like a madman.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The body of the Supreme Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, who hid his qualities as the Lord during his pastimes, wandered over the earth as if moving by the remaining shadow of avidyā’s influence, though actually he was under the influence of yoga-māyā. Reaching Koṅka, Veṅka and Kuṭaka in Karṇāṭaka state in South India by his own will, he came to Kuṭakācala. He moved like a madman, naked, with disheveled hair, and had a stone in his mouth.
This verse describes how he gave up his body. Though he was the Lord, he gave up the characteristics of the Lord (mukta-liṅgasya), or he had the characteristics of a liberated soul. Just as the yogīs move their body by the influence of previous impressions after they are liberated, like a finished pot still moving on the potter’s wheel, Ṛṣabhadeva, making an appearance of identifying with a body, continue to exist by the impressions which are a reflection of avidyā (abhimānābhāsaḥ), like the jīvanmuktas. However, Ṛṣabhadeva was actually different. He existed by the influence of yoga-māyā, by the impressions of his desire to perform pastimes like an avadhūta. Just as a small child puts anything that he receives in his mouth, Ṛṣabhadeva had a stone in his mouth. He was naked (asamvītaḥ).
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