> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > ******

> > Canto 1: 'Creation'

> > ******

> > Chapter Six: Conversation Between Nârada and Vyâsadeva

> > TEXT 1

> > sûta uvâca

> > evam nis'amya bhagavân

> > devarsher janma karma ca

> > bhûyah papraccha tam brahman

> > vyâsah satyavatî-sutah

> > sûtah uvâca--Sûta said; evam--thus; nis'amya--hearing; bhagavân--the powerful incarnation of God; devarsheh--of the great sage among the gods; janma--birth; karma--work; ca--and; bhûyah--again; papraccha--asked; tam--him; brahman--O brâhmanas; vyâsah--Vyâsadeva; satyavatî-sutah--the son of Satyavatî.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Sûta said: O brâhmanas, thus hearing all about S'rî Nârada's birth and activities, Vyâsadeva, the incarnation of God and son of Satyavatî, inquired as follows.

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> > TEXT 2

> > vyâsa uvâca

> > bhikshubhir vipravasite

> > vijn'ânâdeshthribhis tava

> > vartamâno vayasy âdye

> > tatah kim akarod bhavân

> > vyâsah uvâca--S'rî Vyâsadeva said; bhikshubhih--by the great mendicants; vipravasite--having departed for other places; vijn'âna--scientific knowledge in transcendence; âdeshthribhih--those who had instructed; tava--of your; vartamânah--present; vayasi--of the duration of life; âdye--before the beginning of; tatah--after that; kim--what; akarot--did; bhavân--your good self.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî Vyâsadeva said: What did you [Nârada] do after the departure of the great sages who had instructed you in scientific transcendental knowledge before the beginning of your present birth?

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> > TEXT 3

> > svâyambhuva kayâ vrittyâ

> > vartitam te param vayah

> > katham cedam udasrâkshîh

> > kâle prâpte kalevaram

> > svâyambhuva--O son of Brahmâ; kayâ--under what condition; vrittya--occupation; vartitam--was spent; te--you; param--after the initiation; vayah--duration of life; katham--how; ca--and; idam--this; udasrâkshîh--did you quit; kâle--in due course; prâpte--having attained; kalevaram--body.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O son of Brahmâ, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?

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> > TEXT 4

> > prâk-kalpa-vishayâm etâm

> > smritim te muni-sattama

> > na hy esha vyavadhât kâla

> > esha sarva-nirâkritih

> > prâk--prior; kalpa--the duration of Brahmâ's day; vishayâm--subject matter; etâm--all these; smritim--remembrance; te--your; muni-sattama--O great sage; na--not; hi--certainly; eshah--all these; vyavadhât--made any difference; kâlah--course of time; eshah--all these; sarva--all; nirâkritih--annihilation.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O great sage, time annihilates everything in due course, so how is it that this subject matter, which happened prior to this day of Brahmâ, is still fresh in your memory, undisturbed by time?

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> > TEXT 5

> > nârada uvâca

> > bhikshubhir vipravasite

> > vijn'ânâdeshthribhir mama

> > vartamâno vayasy âdye

> > tata etad akârasham

> > nâradah uvâca--S'rî Nârada said; bhikshubhih--by the great sages; vipravasite--having departed for other places; vijn'âna--scientific spiritual knowledge; âdeshthribhih--those who imparted unto me; mama--mine; vartamânah--present; vayasi âdye--before this life; tatah--thereafter; etat--this much; akârasham--performed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî Nârada said: The great sages, who had imparted scientific knowledge of transcendence to me, departed for other places, and I had to pass my life in this way.

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> > TEXT 6

> > ekâtmajâ me jananî

> > yoshin mûdhâ ca kinkarî

> > mayy âtmaje 'nanya-gatau

> > cakre snehânubandhanam

> > ekâ-âtmajâ--having only one son; me--my; jananî-mother; yoshit--woman by class; mûdhâ--foolish; ca--and; kinkarî--maidservant; mayi--unto me; âtmaje--being her offspring; ananya-gatau--one who has no alternative for protection; cakre--did it; sneha-anubandhanam--tied by affectionate bondage.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I was the only son of my mother, who was not only a simple woman but a maidservant as well. Since I was her only offspring, she had no other alternative for protection: she bound me with the tie of affection.

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> > TEXT 7

> > sâsvatantrâ na kalpâsid

> > yoga-kshemam mamecchatî

> > îs'asya hi vas'e loko

> > yoshâ dârumayî yathâ

> > sâ--she; asvatantrâ--was dependent; na--not; kalpâ--able; âsît--was; yoga-kshemam--maintenance; mama--my; icchatî--although desirous; îs'asya--of providence; hi--for; vas'e--under the control of; lokah--everyone; yoshâ--doll; dâru-mayî--made of wood; yathâ--as much as.

> > TRANSLATION

> > She wanted to look after my maintenance properly, but because she was not independent, she was not able to do anything for me. The world is under the full control of the Supreme Lord; therefore everyone is like a wooden doll in the hands of a puppet master.

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> > TEXT 8

> > aham ca tad-brahma-kule

> > ûshivâms tad-upekshayâ

> > dig-des'a-kâlâvyutpanno

> > bâlakah pan'ca-hâyanah

> > aham--I; ca--also; tat--that; brahma-kule--in the school of the brahmanas; ûshivân--lived; tat--her; upekshayâ--being dependent on; dik-des'a--direction and country; kâla--time; avyutpannah--having no experience; bâlakah--a mere child; pan'ca--five; hâyanah--years old.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When I was a mere child of five years, I lived in a brâhmana school. I was dependent on my mother's affection and had no experience of different lands.

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> > TEXT 9

> > ekadâ nirgatâm gehâd

> > duhantîm nis'i gâm pathi

> > sarpo 'das'at padâ sprishthah

> > kripanâm kâla-coditah

> > ekadâ--once upon a time; nirgatâm--having gone away; gehât--from home; duhantîm--for milking; nis'i--at night; gâm--the cow; pathi--on the path; sarpah--snake; adas'at--bitten; padâ--on the leg; sprishthah--thus struck; kripanâm--the poor woman; kâla-coditah--influenced by supreme time.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Once upon a time, my poor mother, when going out one night to milk a cow, was bitten on the leg by a serpent, influenced by supreme time.

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> > TEXT 10

> > tadâ tad aham îs'asya

> > bhaktânâm s'am abhîpsatah

> > anugraham manyamânah

> > prâtishthham dis'am uttarâm

> > tadâ--at that time; tat--that; aham--I; îs'asya--of the Lord; bhaktânâm--of the devotees; s'am--mercy; abhîpsatah--desiring; anugraham--special benediction; manyamânah--thinking in that way; prâtishthham--departed; dis'am uttaram--in the northern direction.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I took this as the special mercy of the Lord, who always desires benediction for His devotees, and so thinking, I started for the north.

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> > TEXT 11

> > sphîtân' janapadâms tatra

> > pura-grâma-vrajâkarân

> > khetha-kharvatha-vâthîs' ca

> > vanâny upavanâni ca

> > sphîtân--very flourishing; jana-padân--metropolises; tatra--there; pura--towns; grâma--villages; vraja--big farms; âkarân--mineral fields (mines); khetha--agricultural lands; kharvatha--valleys; vâthîh--flower gardens; ca--and; vanâni--forests; upavanâni--nursery gardens; ca--and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After my departure, I passed through many flourishing metropolises, towns, villages, animal farms, mines, agricultural lands, valleys, flower gardens, nursery gardens and natural forests.

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> > TEXT 12

> > citra-dhâtu-vicitrâdrîn

> > ibha-bhagna-bhuja-drumân

> > jalâs'ayân' chiva-jalân

> > nalinîh sura-sevitâh

> > citra-svanaih patra-rathair

> > vibhramad bhramara-s'riyah

> > citra-dhâtu--valuable minerals like gold, silver and copper; vicitra--full of variegatedness; adrîn--hills and mountains; ibha-bhagna--broken by the giant elephants; bhuja--branches; drumân--trees; jalâs'ayân s'iva--health-giving; jalân--reservoirs of water; nalinîh--lotus flowers; sura-sevitâh--aspired to by the denizens of heaven; citra-svanaih--pleasing to the heart; patra-rathaih--by the birds;vibhramat--bewildering; bhramara-s'riyah--decorated by drones.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of various minerals like gold, silver and copper, and through tracts of land with reservoirs of water filled with beautiful lotus flowers, fit for the denizens of heaven, decorated with bewildered bees and singing birds.

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> > TEXT 13

> > nala-venu-s'aras-tanba-

> > kus'a-kîcaka-gahvaram

> > eka evâtiyâto 'ham

> > adrâksham vipinam mahat

> > ghoram pratibhayâkâram

> > vyâlolûka-s'ivâjiram

> > nala--pipes; venu--bamboo; s'arah--pens; tanba--full of; kus'a--sharp grass; kîcaka--weeds; gahvaram--caves; ekah--alone; eva--only; atiyâtah--difficult to go through; aham--I; adrâksham--visited; vipinam--deep forests; mahat--great; ghoram--fearful; pratibhaya-âkâram--dangerously; vyâla--snakes; ulûka--owls; s'iva--jackals; ajiram--playgrounds.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I then passed alone through many forests of rushes, bamboo, reeds, sharp grass, weeds and caves, which were very difficult to go through alone. I visited deep, dark and dangerously fearful forests, which were the play yards of snakes, owls and jackals.

> > ******

> > TEXT 14

> > paris'rântendriyâtmâham

> > trith-parîto bubhukshitah

> > snâtvâ pîtvâ hrade nadyâ

> > upasprishtho gata-s'ramah

> > paris'rânta--being tired; indriya--bodily; âtmâ--mentally; aham--I; trith-paritah--being thirsty; bubhukshitah--and hungry; snâtvâ--taking a bath; pîtvâ--and drinking water also; hrade--in the lake; nadyâh--of a river; upasprishthah--being in contact with; gata--got relief from; s'ramah--tiredness.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus traveling, I felt tired, both bodily and mentally, and I was both thirsty and hungry. So I took a bath in a river lake and also drank water. By contacting water, I got relief from my exhaustion.

> > ******

> > TEXT 15

> > tasmin nirmanuje 'ranye

> > pippalopastha âs'ritah

> > âtmanâtmânam âtmastham

> > yathâ-s'rutam acintayam

> > tasmin--in that; nirmanuje--without human habitation; aranye--in the forest; pippala--banyan tree; upasthe--sitting under it; âs'ritah--taking shelter of; âtmanâ--by intelligence; âtmânam--the Supersoul; âtma-stham--situated within myself; yathâ-s'rutam--as I had heard it from the liberated souls; acintayam--thought over.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After that, under the shadow of a banyan tree in an uninhabited forest I began to meditate upon the Supersoul situated within, using my intelligence, as I had learned from liberated souls.

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> > TEXT 16

> > dhyâyatas' caranâmbhojam

> > bhâva-nirjita-cetasâ

> > autkanthhyâs'ru-kalâkshasya

> > hridy âsîn me s'anair harih

> > dhyâyatah--thus meditating upon; carana-ambhojam--the lotus feet of the localized Personality of Godhead; bhâva-nirjita--mind transformed in transcendental love for the Lord; cetasâ--all mental activities (thinking, feeling and willing); autkanthhya--eagerness; as'rukala--tears rolled down; akshasya--of the eyes; hridi--within my heart; âsît--appeared; me--my; s'anaih--without delay; harih--the Personality of Godhead.

> > TRANSLATION

> > As soon as I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead with my mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay the Personality of Godhead S'rî Krishna appeared on the lotus of my heart.

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> > TEXT 17

> > premâtibhara-nirbhinna-

> > pulakângo 'tinirvritah

> > ânanda-samplave lîno

> > nâpas'yam ubhayam mune

> > premâ--love; atibhara--excessive; nirbhinna--especially distinguished; pulaka--feelings of happiness; angah--different bodily parts; ati-nirvritah--being fully overwhelmed; ânanda--ecstasy; samplave--in the ocean of; lînah--absorbed in; na--not; apas'yam--could see; ubhayam--both; mune--O Vyâsadeva.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Vyâsadeva, at that time, being exceedingly overpowered by feelings of happiness, every part of my body became separately enlivened. Being absorbed in an ocean of ecstasy, I could not see both myself and the Lord.

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> > TEXT 18

> > rûpam bhagavato yat tan

> > manah-kântam s'ucâpaham

> > apas'yan sahasottasthe

> > vaiklavyâd durmanâ iva

> > rûpam--form; bhagavatah--of the Personality of Godhead; yat--as it is; tat--that; manah--of the mind; kantam--as it desires; s'uca-apaham--vanishing all disparity; apas'yan--without seeing; sahasâ--all of a sudden; uttasthe--got up; vaiklavyât--being perturbed; durmanâh--having lost the desirable; iva--as it were.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The transcendental form of the Lord, as it is, satisfies the mind's desire and at once erases all mental incongruities. Upon losing that form, I suddenly got up, being perturbed, as is usual when one loses that which is desirable.

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> > TEXT 19

> > didrikshus tad aham bhûyah

> > pranidhâya mano hridi

> > vîkshamâno 'pi nâpas'yam

> > avitripta ivâturah

> > didrikshuh--desiring to see; tat--that; aham--; bhûyah--again; pranidhâya--having concentrated the mind; manah--mind; hridi--upon the heart; vîkshamânah--waiting to see; api--in spite of; na--never; apas'yam--saw Him; avitriptah--without being satisfied; iva--like; âturah--aggrieved.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I desired to see again that transcendental form of the Lord, but despite my attempts to concentrate upon the heart with eagerness to view the form again, I could not see Him any more, and thus dissatisfied, I was very much aggrieved.

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> > TEXT 20

> > evam yatantam vijane

> > mâm âhâgocaro girâm

> > gambhîra-s'lakshnayâ vâcâ

> > s'ucah pras'amayann iva

> > evam--thus; yatantam--one who is engaged in attempting; vijane--in that lonely place; mâm--unto me; âha--said; agocarah--beyond the range of physical sound; girâm--utterances; gambhîra--grave; s'lakshnayâ--pleasing to hear; vâcâ--words; s'ucah--grief; pras'amayan--mitigating; iva--like.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with gravity and pleasing words, just to mitigate my grief.

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> > TEXT 21

> > hantâsmin' janmani bhavân

> > mâ mâm drashthum ihârhati

> > avipakva-kashâyânâm

> > durdars'o 'ham kuyoginâm

> > hanta--O Nârada; asmin--this; janmani--duration of life; bhavân--yourself; mâ--not; mâm--Me; drashthum--to see; iha--here; arhati--deserve; avipakva--immature; kashâyânâm--material dirt; durdars'ah--difficult to be seen; aham--; kuyoginâm--incomplete in service.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Nârada [the Lord spoke], I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me anymore. Those who are incomplete in service and who are not completely free from all material taints can hardly see Me.

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> > TEXT 22

> > sakrid yad dars'itam rûpam

> > etat kâmâya te 'nagha

> > mat-kâmah s'anakaih sâdhu

> > sarvân mun'cati hric-chayân

> > sakrit--once only; yat--that; dars'itam--shown; rûpam--form; etat--this is; kâmâya--for hankerings; te--your; anagha--O virtuous one; mat--Mine; kâmah--desire; s'anakaih--by increasing; sâdhuh--devotee; sarvân--all; mun'cati--gives away; hrit-s'ayân--material desires.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O virtuous one, you have only once seen My person, and this is just to increase your desire for Me, because the more you hanker for Me, the more you will be freed from all material desires.

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> > TEXT 23

> > sat-sevayâdîrghayâpi

> > jâtâ mayi dridhâ matih

> > hitvâvadyam imam lokam

> > gantâ maj-janatâm asi

> > sat-sevayâ--by service of the Absolute Truth; adîrghayâ--for some days; api--even; jâtâ--having attained; mayi--unto Me; dridhâ--firm; matih--intelligence; hitvâ--having given up; avadyam--deplorable; imam--this; lokam--material worlds; gantâ--going to; mat-janatâm--My associates; asi--become.

> > TRANSLATION

> > By service of the Absolute Truth, even for a few days, a devotee attains firm and fixed intelligence in Me. Consequently he goes on to become My associate in the transcendental world after giving up the present deplorable material worlds.

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> > TEXT 24

> > matir mayi nibaddheyam

> > na vipadyeta karhicit

> > prajâ-sarga-nirodhe 'pi

> > smritis' ca mad-anugrahât

> > matih--intelligence; mayi--devoted to Me; nibaddhâ--engaged; iyam--this; na--never; vipadyeta--separate; karhicit--at any time; prajâ--living beings; sarga--at the time of creation; nirodhe--also at the time of annihilation; api--even; smritih--remembrance; ca--and; mat--Mine; anugrahât--by the mercy of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Intelligence engaged in My devotion cannot be thwarted at any time. Even at the time of creation, as well as at the time of annihilation, your remembrance will continue by My mercy.

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> > TEXT 25

> > etâvad uktvopararâma tan mahad

> > bhûtam nabho-lingam alingam îs'varam

> > aham ca tasmai mahatâm mahîyase

> > sîrshnâvanâmam vidadhe 'nukampitah

> > etâvat--thus; uktvâ--spoken; upararâma--stopped; tat--that; mahat--great; bhûtam--wonderful; nabhah-lingam--personified by sound; alingam--unseen by the eyes; îs'varam--the supreme authority; aham--I; ca--also; tasmai--unto Him; mahatâm--the great; mahîyase--unto the glorified; s'irshnâ--by the head; avanâmam--obeisances; vidadhe--executed; anukampitah--being favored by Him.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.

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> > TEXT 26

> > nâmâny anantasya hata-trapah pathhan

> > guhyâni bhadrâni kritâni ca smaran

> > gâm paryathams tushtha-manâ gata-sprihah

> > kâlam pratîkshan vimado vimatsarah

> > nâmâni--the holy name, fame, etc.; anantasya--of the unlimited; hata-trapah--being freed from all formalities of the material world; pathhan--by recitation, repeated reading, etc.; guhyâni--mysterious; bhadrâni--all benedictory; kritâni--activities; ca--and; smaran--constantly remembering; gâm--on the earth; paryathan--traveling all through; tushtha-manâh--fully satisfied; gata-sprihah--completely freed from all material desires; kâlam--time; pratîkshan--awaiting; vimadah--without being proud; vimatsarah--without being envious.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I traveled all over the earth, fully satisfied, humble and unenvious.

> > ******

> > TEXT 27

> > evam krishna-mater brahman

> > nâsaktasyâmalâtmanah

> > kâlah prâdurabhût kâle

> > tadit saudâmanî yathâ

> > evam--thus; krishna-mateh--one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Krishna; brahman--O Vyâsadeva; na--not; âsaktasya--of one who is attached; amala-âtmanah--of one who is completely free from all material dirt; kâlah--death; prâdurabhût--become visible; kâle--in the course of time; tadit--lightning; saudâmanî--illuminating; yathâ--as it is.

> > TRANSLATION

> > And so, O Brâhmana Vyâsadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully absorbed in thinking of Krishna and who therefore had no attachments, being completely freed from all material taints, met with death, as lightning and illumination occur simultaneously.

> > ******

> > TEXT 28

> > prayujyamâne mayi tâm

> > s'uddhâm bhâgavatîm tanum

> > ârabdha-karma-nirvâno

> > nyapatat pân'ca-bhautikah

> > prayujyamâne--having been awarded; mayi--on me; tâm--that; s'uddhâm-transcendental; bhâavatîm-fit for associating with the Personality of Godhead; tanum--body; ârabdha--acquired; karma--fruitive work; nirvânah--prohibitive; nyapatat--quit; pân'ca-bhautikah--body made of five material elements.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Having been awarded a transcendental body befitting an associate of the Personality of Godhead, I quit the body made of five material elements, and thus all acquired fruitive results of work [karma] stopped.

> > ******

> > TEXT 29

> > kalpânta idam âdâya

> > s'ayâne 'mbhasy udanvatah

> > s'is'ayishor anuprânam

> > vivis'e 'ntar aham vibhoh

> > kalpa-ante--at the end of Brahmâ's day; idam--this; âdâya--taking together; s'ayâne--having gone to lie down; ambhasi--in the causal water; udanvatah--devastation; s'is'ayishoh--lying of the Personality of Godhead (Nârâyana); anuprânam--breathing; vivis'e--entered into; antah--within; aham--I; vibhoh--of Lord Brahmâ.

> > TRANSLATION

> > At the end of the millennium, when the Personality of Godhead Lord Nârâyana lay down within the water of devastation, Brahmâ began to enter into Him along with all creative elements, and I also entered through His breathing.

> > ******

> > TEXT 30

> > sahasra-yuga-paryante

> > utthâyedam sisrikshatah

> > marîci-mishrâ rishayah

> > prânebhyo 'ham ca jajn'ire

> > sahasra--one thousand; yuga--4,300,000 years; paryante--at the end of the duration; utthâya--having expired; idam--this; sisrikshatah--desired to create again; marîci-mis'râh--rishis like Marîci; rishayah--all the rishis; prânebhyah--out of His senses; aham--I; ca--also; jajn'ire--appeared.

> > TRANSLATION

> > After 4.300.000.000 solar years, when Brahmâ awoke to create again by the will of the Lord, all the rishis like Marîci, Angirâ, Atri and so on were created from the transcendental body of the Lord, and I also appeared along with them.

> > ******

> > TEXT 31

> > antar bahis' ca lokâms trîn

> > paryemy askandita-vratah

> > anugrahân mahâ-vishnor

> > avighâta-gatih kvacit

> > antah--in the transcendental world; bahih--in the material world; ca--and; lokân--planets; trîn--three (divisions); paryemi--travel; askandita--unbroken; vratah--vow; anugrahât--by the causeless mercy; mahâ-vishnoh--of the Mahâ-Vishnu (Kâranodakas'âyî Vishnu); avighâta--without restriction; gatih--entrance; kvacit--at any time.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Since then, by the grace of the almighty Vishnu, I travel everywhere without restriction both in the transcendental world and in the three divisions of the material world. This is because I am fixed in unbroken devotional service of the Lord.

> > ******

> > TEXT 32

> > deva-dattâm imâm vinâm

> > svara-brahma-vibhûshitâm

> > mûrcchayitvâ hari-kathâm

> > gâyamânas' carâmy aham

> > deva--the Supreme Personality of Godhead (S'rî Krishna); dattâm--gifted by; imâm--this; vînâm--a musical stringed instrument; svara--singing meter; brahma--transcendental; vibhûshitâm--decorated with; mûrcchayitvâ--vibrating; hari-kathâm--transcendental message; gâyamânah--singing constantly; carâmi--do move; aham--I.

> > TRANSLATION

> > And thus I travel, constantly singing the transcendental message of the glories of the Lord, vibrating this instrument called a vînâ, which is charged with transcendental sound and which was given to me by Lord Krishna.

> > ******

> > TEXT 33

> > pragâyatah sva-vîryâni

> > tîrtha-pâdah priya-s'ravâh

> > âhûta iva me s'îghram

> > dars'anam yâti cetasi

> > pragâyatah--thus singing; sva-vîryâni--own activities; tîrtha-pâdah--the Lord, whose lotus feet are the source of all virtues or holiness; priya-s'ravâh--pleasing to hear; âhûtah--called for; iva--just like; me--to me; s'îghram--very soon; dars'anam--sight; yâti--appears; cetasi--on the seat of the heart.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Lord S'rî Krishna, whose glories and activities are pleasing to hear, at once appears on the seat of my heart, as if called for, as soon as I begin to chant His holy activities.

> > ******

> > TEXT 34

> > etad dhy âtura-cittânâm

> > mâtrâ-spars'ecchayâ muhuh

> > bhava-sindhu-plavo drishtho

> > hari-caryânuvarnanam

> > etat--this; hi--certainly; âtura-cittânâm--of those whose minds are always full of cares and anxieties; mâtrâ--objects of sense enjoyment; spars'a--senses; icchayâ--by desires; muhuh--always; bhava-sindhu--the ocean of nescience; pavah--boat; drishthah--experienced; hari-carya--activities of Hari, the Personality of Godhead; anuvarnanam--constant recitation.

> > TRANSLATION

> > It is personally experienced by me that those who are always full of cares and anxieties due to desiring contact of the senses with their objects can cross the ocean of nescience on a most suitable boat--the constant chanting of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead.

> > ******

> > TEXT 35

> > yamâdibhir yoga-pathaih

> > kâma-lobha-hato muhuh

> > mukunda-sevayâ yadvat

> > tathâtmâddhâ na s'âmyati

> > yama-âdibhih--by the process of practicing self-restraint; yoga-pathaih--by the system of yoga (mystic bodily power to attain the godly stage); kâma--desires for sense satisfaction; lobha--lust for satisfaction of the senses; hatah--curbed; muhuh--always; mukunda--the Personality of Godhead; sevayâ--by the service of; yadvat--as it is; tathâ--like that; âtmâ--the soul; addhâ--for all practical purposes; na--does not; s'amyati--be satisfied.

> > TRANSLATION

> > It is true that by practicing restraint of the senses by the yoga system one can get relief from the disturbances of desire and lust, but this is not sufficient to give satisfaction to the soul, for this [satisfaction] is derived from devotional service to the Personality of Godhead.

> > ******

> > TEXT 36

> > sarvam tad idam âkhyâtam

> > yat prishtho 'ham tvayânagha

> > janma-karma-rahasyam me

> > bhavatas' câtma-toshanam

> > sarvam--all; tat--that; idam--this; âkhyâtam--described; yat--whatever; prishthah--asked by; aham--me; tvayâ--by you; anagha--without any sins; janma--birth; karma--activities; rahasyam--mysteries; me--mine; bhavatah--your; ca--and; âtma--self; toshanam--satisfaction.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Vyâsadeva, you are freed from all sins. Thus I have explained my birth and activities for self-realization, as you asked. All this will be conducive for your personal satisfaction also.

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> > TEXT 37

> > sûta uvâca

> > evam sambhâshya bhagavân

> > nârado vâsavî-sutam

> > âmantrya vînâm ranayan

> > yayau yâdricchiko munih

> > sûtah--Sûta Gosvâmî; uvâca--said; evam--thus; sambhâshya--addressing; bhagavân--transcendentally powerful; nâradah--Nârada Muni; vâsavî--named Vâsavî (Satyavatî); sutam--son; âmantrya--inviting; vînâm--instrument; ranayan--vibrating; yayau--went; yâdricchikah--wherever willing; munih--the sage.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Sûta Gosvâmî said: Thus addressing Vyâsadeva, S'rîla Nârada Muni took leave of him, and vibrating on his vînâ instrument, he left to wander at his free will.

> > ******

> > TEXT 38

> > aho devarshir dhanyo 'yam

> > yat-kîrtim s'ârngadhanvanah

> > gâyan mâdyann idam tantryâ

> > ramayaty âturam jagat

> > aho--all glory to; devarshih--the sage of the gods; dhanyah--all success; ayam yat--one who; kîrtim--glories; s'ârnga-dhanvanah--of the Personality of Godhead; gâyan--singing; mâdyan--taking pleasure in; idam--this; tantryâ--by means of the instrument; ramayati--enlivens; âturam--distressed; jagat--world.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All glory and success to S'rîla Nârada Muni because he glorifies the activities of the Personality of Godhead, and so doing he himself takes pleasure and also enlivens all the distressed souls of the universe.

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