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Rsabhadeva
Pushpadanta curiously asked, "Oh, Nandiswara! Is the word "Rsabha" refers to the best or the supreme due to the super excellent attributes of the Lord Vishnu?

Nandiswara, said, "Yes." So only, King Nabhi and Merudevi named their son as Rsabha, or "the best."

After that, King Nabhi began to raise Him very carefully. Lord Rsabhadeva's hands, feet, and chest were very long. His shoulders face and limbs were all very delicate and symmetrically proportioned. His mouth was beautifully decorated with His natural smile, and He appeared all the more lovely with His reddish eyes spread wide like the petals of a newly grown lotus flower covered with dew in the early morning. The irises of his eyes were so pleasing that they removed all the troubles of everyone who saw Him. His forehead, ears, neck, nose, and all His other features were very beautiful. His gentle smile always made His face beautiful, so much so that He even attracted the hearts of married women. It was as though they had pierced by arrows of Cupid. His head was an abundance of curly, matted brown hair.

To follow social customs, King Rsabhadeva for a while became a student in the gurukula, and after returning, King Nabhi entrusted the ruling power to Him and, retiring from family life, lived at Badarikasrama completely engaged in the worship of Vasudeva, the Supreme Lord.