srimadbhagavatham-chapter 6 The story of Narada

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Chapter-6-The story of Narada

 

When the sages left the place Narada lived with his mother who had great

attachment for him as she had no one else in the world.Once a snake bit

her and she died.Narada took it as the will of God who always does what

is good for the devotee and started towards north and reaching a forest

uninhabited by humans sat in meditation under a tree. Lord appeared in

his mind slowly which made him experience the bliss with tears flowing

from his eyes when the form of Lord Hari disappeared. On regaining his

consciousness of the world, he felt unhappy in not able to see the form

of the Lord anymore. He tried to go into dhyana again but could not

succeed.Then he heard the voice of the Lord, gambhera ,resonant and

SlakshNa, pleasant and nice saying, "You cannot see Me in this birth

because I do not appear to those whoare not attained a maturity in yoga

and not free from karmavasana.I showed it once to inducein you the

longing for Me as the one who turns his desire towards Me gets rid of

all the other desires." Further The voice said that Narada has already

turned his thoughts on the Lord as the result of the service to the

sages eventhough it was for a short time and reassured him that he will

become a pArishadha of the Lord (like Garuda and Anantha) and will have

steady devotion which will not change even during creation and

dissolution..

 

Narada spent the rest of his life singing the praise of the Lord and

thinking about Him ,waiting for the end of his life. When the time came

for him to attain a divine body of a pArishadha of Bhagavan the physical

body made up of the five elements came to an end. At the end of the

kalpa when Brahma entered into Lord Narayana, Narada also entered in

the breath of Brahma.

 

when Brahma started the creation after 1000 chathuryugas Narada was born

as the mAnasaputhra of Brahma along with Marici and others.He became a

thriloka sancharee, able to go to any place at will in all the three

worlds through the grace of the Lord, singing His glory, playing the

veena given to him by the Lord Himself.The Lord, he said , appeared in

his heart the moment he was called ' Ahooya iva mE Seeghram dharsSanam

yAthi chEthasi.'

 

Narada told Vyasa that the doings of the Lord, Harileela, is like a boat

to cross over the sea of samsara and the mind never gets peace by any

other means as by the service of the Lord.After clearing the doubt in

the mind of vyasa ,Narada went his way singing the names of the Lord.