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## The Birth, Body, and Marriage of Rishabhdev
**Chapter 1 of Yoga Shastra, Verse 10 Commentary:** The story of Bharat Chakravarti is as follows:
**The Birth and Coronation of Rishabhdev:** After the passing of the first era, called Sushma-Sushma, which spanned four Koti-Koti Sagaropama (billions of billions of oceans) years, and the second era, called Sushma, which spanned three Koti-Koti Sagaropama years, and after the passing of eight parts of a Palyopama (a unit of time) less than two Koti-Koti Sagaropama years of the third era, called Sushma-Dushma, seven Kulkaras (patriarchs) were born in the southern part of Bharat: 1. Vimlavahan, 2. Chakshusman, 3. Yashasvi, 4. Abhichandra, 5. Prasenajit, 6. Marudeva, and 7. Nabhi, in that order. The wife of Nabhi Kulkar was Marudevi, who purified the three worlds with her supreme virtue. Eighty-four lakh (840,000) years before the end of the third era, when three years and eight and a half months remained, the first Jineshwara (Jain Tirthankara) was born in the womb of Marudevi, descending from the Sarvarth Siddha Vimana (a celestial vehicle) and heralding his arrival with fourteen great dreams. At that time, Nabhi Raja and Marudevi could not understand the meaning of these fourteen dreams. Therefore, Indra (the king of the gods) came and explained their meaning with joy. Then, on the auspicious day of the fourth day of the waning moon in the month of Ashadha, Rishabhdev was born. Fifty-six Dikkumari (celestial maidens) came and performed the delivery rituals. Indra took the Lord to Mount Meru, placed him on his lap, and performed the Lord's abhisheka (coronation) with holy water and his own tears of joy. Later, Indra took the Lord and handed him over to his mother. The Lord's entire dhaatri karma (childcare rituals) was performed by the goddesses. Seeing the mark of a bull on the Lord's right thigh, his parents happily named him Rishabh. The Lord, like the rays of the moon, brought immense joy and grew up nourished by divine food.
**Naming the Lord's Lineage:** Once, Indra came to serve the Lord. He began to think about what name to give to the lineage of the first Tirthankara, Rishabhdev. The Lord, knowing Indra's thoughts through his Avadhigyan (clairvoyance), extended his hand like an elephant's trunk to take the Ikshudanda (cane) from Indra's hand. Indra offered the cane to the Lord, bowed down, and at that moment, the Lord's lineage was named Ikshvaku.
**A Poetic Description of the Lord's Body:** After spending his childhood, the Lord, like the midday sun, entered his youth. In his youth, the soles of the Lord's feet were flat, red, and soft like lotus petals. They were warm, free from tremors, and did not sweat. On the Lord's feet were the marks of a wheel, Lakshmi Devi (goddess of wealth) performing abhisheka, an elephant, flowers, garlands, a goad, and a flag. These marks seemed to be there to erase the sorrows of those who bowed down to his feet. In the Lord's feet, which were like the playhouse of Lakshmi Devi, were the auspicious marks of a conch, a pot, a fish, and a swastika. The Lord's thumbs were full, strong, round, and high, resembling a serpent's hood and adorned with the Srivatsa mark like a calf. The Lord's toes were straight, without holes, free from tremors due to the absence of air, shining like a lamp flame, and resembling lotus petals. Underneath the Lord's toes were Nandyaavarta (swirling patterns) that shone so brightly that their reflection on the ground seemed to be the cause of Dharma (righteousness). The joints of the toes were beautiful like wells. They seemed to be the seeds sown for the Lord's marriage to the world's Lakshmi. The Lord's heels were round like tubers and long and wide in proportion. His nails seemed like the head ornaments of the elephants that were his thumbs and toes. The Lord's ankles were adorned like the half-opened petals of a golden lotus. The Lord's legs, from top to bottom, were gradually elevated like a tortoise's. His veins were not visible. His hair shone with its own radiance. The Lord's thighs were round, fair, and strong, like a deer's thighs, with flesh so firm that the bones inside were not visible. His soft, shining, strong thighs were beautiful like a banana tree trunk. His round, fleshy knees seemed like a mirror set in a pillow filled with cotton. The Lord's two testicles were hidden like an elephant's. His male organ, like that of a noble horse, was extremely hidden, with no visible veins. It was neither low, high, nor loose, but straight, soft, hairless, round, fragrant, cool, resembling a clockwise conch, with a single edge, free from any ugliness.