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Marapurana
He taught the six principles of business (Banikya) and with the help of Indra, he had the country, cities, villages, etc. built. The six principles taught by the Lord enabled people to earn their livelihood. The work-field began. At that time, all the arrangements were made by Lord Rishabhdev with his own intelligence, therefore he was addressed by names like Badipurush, Brahma, Vidhata, etc.
Inspired by Nabhiraj, he married Yashawati and Sunaba, the sisters of the kings of Kachchh and Maha Kachchh. He accepted the burden of the kingdom at the great insistence of Nabhiraj. The people were very satisfied with his rule. In due course, Yashawati gave birth to 100 sons named Bharat Badi and a daughter named Brahmi, while Sunanda gave birth to a son named Bahubali and a daughter named Sundari. Lord Rishabhdev had taught his sons and daughters many welfare-oriented sciences, through which the system of education began in the entire population.
The sudden disappearance of Neelanjina during the dance-time became the reason for the Lord's renunciation. He gave the kingdom to his eldest son Bharat and gave appropriate ownership to his other sons and then took renunciation. A thousand other kings had also renounced with him, but they became corrupt within a few days because they could not bear the obstacles of hunger, thirst, etc. The Lord had taken the first yoga for six months. After six months, he went out for food, but at that time, people did not know how to give food to the monks. Therefore, due to the lack of a method, he had to wander for six months. His journey was from Ayodhya towards the north and he reached Hastinapur while walking. The then king there was Somprabh. His younger brother's name was Shreyans. Shreyans had a previous birth connection with Lord Rishabhdev. In the previous birth, he was his wife named Shrimati. At that time, both of them had given food to a monk. Shreyans remembered his past life and all the incidents were remembered. Therefore, as soon as he saw the Lord, he got up and gave him food of sugarcane juice. That food was given on the third day of the bright fortnight of Vaishakh, since then it is known as 'Akshay Tritiya'. King Somprabh, Shreyans and their queens were greatly honored by the people. After taking food, the Lord went to the forest and practiced self-realization in the clean atmosphere there. After a thousand years of penance, he attained divine knowledge - Kevalgyan. Now he became omniscient, he began to know every object of the world clearly.
His son Bharat became the first emperor. He brought the six-part Bharat region under his control through the Chakra Ratna and expanded politics, teaching the dependent kings the method of governing the kingdom. He established the Brahmin caste. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra, these four castes became prevalent in this Bharat. Among these, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra were determined by the difference in livelihood, and Brahmin was established as a devotee. Everyone earned their livelihood, so no one was unhappy.
Lord Rishabhdev, in his omniscient state, preached the welfare of the lost creatures of the world through divine sound. He had traveled all over the Aryan region. At the end of his life, he reached Mount Kailash and attained Nirvana from there. Bharat Chakravarti, although the ruler of the six-part earth, was not attached to it. This was the reason that when he renounced his household life and took renunciation, he attained Kevalgyan in the very moment. Kevalgyani Bharat also traveled to the