Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.6.30
Visarga· Brahmā's creationNārada’s Spiritual Body Endures Through Creation
“After 4,300,000,000 solar years, when Brahmā awoke to create again by the will of the Lord, all the ṛṣis like Marīci, Aṅgirā, Atri and so on were created from the transcendental body of the Lord, and I also appeared along with them.”
What the purport teaches
- Creation begins again by the Lord’s will through Brahmā. The great ṛṣis reappear, and Nārada appears with them.
- Nārada returns in the same transcendental body, just as a person awakens from sleep in the same body. His appearance does not mean receiving a new material body.
- Nārada is eternally free to move throughout the Lord’s spiritual and material creations. Unlike conditioned beings, he has no distinction between body and soul.
Try this today
Write one sentence describing how Nārada’s transcendental body differs from the body of a conditioned being.
Ask yourself
What does Nārada’s enduring spiritual body teach me about life beyond material conditions?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.