Topics covered:
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 5.6: The Activities of LordṚṣabhadeva
- The son of Nabhi envinces all good qualities
- Ṛṣabhadeva is enthroned as emperor of the world
- Bharata as the eldest son of Ṛṣabhadeva
- Ṛṣabhadeva rules according to varnashrama – dharma
SB 5.5: Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s Teachings to His Sons
- The purpose of human life
- The material body a s 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