Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.6.7

tasya ha vā evam mukta-lińgasya bhagavata rishabhasya yogamāyā-vāsanayā deha imām jagatīm abhimānābhāsena sańkramamānah końka-veńka-kutakān dakshina-karnātakān deśān yadricchayopagatah kutakācalopavana āsya kritāśma-kavala unmāda iva mukta-mūrdhajo 'samvīta eva vicacāra

SYNONYMS

tasya — of Him (Lord Rishabhadeva); ha vā — as it were; evam — thus; mukta-lińgasya — who had no identification with the gross and subtle body; bhagavatah — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rishabhasya — of Lord Rishabhadeva; yoga-māyā-vāsanayā — by the accomplishment of yogamāyā for the purpose of the Lord's pastimes; dehah — body; imām — this; jagatīm — earth; abhimāna-ābhāsena — with the apparent conception of having a body of material elements; sańkramamānah — traveling; końka-veńka-kutakān — Końka, Veńka and Kutaka; dakshina — in South India; karnātakān — in the province of Karnāta; deśān — all the countries; yadricchayā — of His own accord; upagatah — reached; kutakācala-upavane — a forest near Kutakācala; āsya — within the mouth; krita-aśma-kavalah — having put a mouthful of stone; unmādah iva — just like a madman; mukta-mūrdhajah — having scattered hair; asamvītah — naked; eva — just; vicacāra — traveled.

TRANSLATION

Actually Lord Rishabhadeva had no material body, but due to yogamāyā, 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 Karnāta in South India and passed through Końka, Veńka and Kutaka. He had no plan to travel this way, but He arrived near Kutakācala 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.

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