Shloka 33
Ṛṣabhadeva Instructs His Sons: Tapasya, Mahātmā-Sevā, and Cutting the Heart-Knot
तस्य ह य: पुरीषसुरभिसौगन्ध्यवायुस्तं देशं दशयोजनं समन्तात् सुरभिं चकार ॥ ३३ ॥
tasya ha yaḥ purīṣa-surabhi-saugandhya-vāyus taṁ deśaṁ daśa-yojanaṁ samantāt surabhiṁ cakāra.
तस्य पुरीषमूत्रयोः सुरभिसौगन्ध्यवायुः समन्ताद् दशयोजनपर्यन्तं देशं सुरभिं चकार।
From this we can certainly assume that Lord Ṛṣabhadeva was transcendentally blissful. His stool and urine were so completely different from material stool and urine that they were aromatic. Even in the material world, cow dung is accepted as purified and antiseptic. A person can keep stacks of cow dung in one place, and it will not create a bad odor to disturb anyone. We can take it for granted that in the spiritual world, stool and urine are also pleasantly scented. Indeed, the entire atmosphere became very pleasant due to Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s stool and urine.
FAQs
It says that even the wind carrying the odor from Ṛṣabhadeva’s stool spread a pleasing fragrance for ten yojanas around, indicating his transcendental, non-material nature.
To show that Ṛṣabhadeva, though acting like an avadhūta beyond social convention, remained spiritually pure and transcendental; even what seems impure materially is not impure in relation to the Lord’s divine body.
Do not judge spiritual depth merely by external appearances; cultivate inner purity through devotion and detachment, recognizing the difference between material perception and transcendental reality.