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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 1 · Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva
1.6.291.6.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.6.30

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 1.6.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaNārada Muni → Vyāsadeva

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्ते उत्थायेदं सिसृक्षत: ।

मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषय: प्राणेभ्योऽहं च जज्ञिरे ॥ ३० ॥

sahasra-yuga-paryante

utthāyedaṁ sisṛkṣataḥ

marīci-miśrā ṛṣayaḥ

prāṇebhyo ’haṁ ca jajñire

Translation

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.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Nārada’s Spiritual Body Endures Through Creation

  1. 1

    Creation begins again by the Lord’s will through Brahmā. The great ṛṣis reappear, and Nārada appears with them.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    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.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus after the sleeping period of Brahmā, when there is again creation by the will of the Lord through the agency of Brahmā, all the great ṛṣis again appear from different parts of the transcendental body, and Nārada also appears.
  • This means that Nārada appears in the same transcendental body, just as a man awakes from sleep in the same body.
  • He appears and disappears in his own transcendental body, which is without distinction of body and soul, unlike conditioned beings.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Dissatisfaction → Inspired clarity. Even great accomplishment leaves Vyāsa without contentment until devotion is centered.

Chapters 4–6 of Canto 1: Vyāsa is dissatisfied; Nārada directs him to the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Nārada recounts seeing Kṛṣṇa within his heart and becoming fixed in unbroken devotional service.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.6
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sahasraone thousand
  2. yuga4,300,000 years
  3. paryanteat the end of the duration
  4. utthāyahaving expired
  5. idamthis
  6. sisṛkṣataḥdesired to create again
  7. marīci-miśrāḥṛṣis like Marīci
  8. ṛṣayaḥall the ṛṣis
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 1.6

    In this verse: “material”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Nārada’s enduring spiritual body teach me about life beyond material conditions?

Practice

Write one sentence describing how Nārada’s transcendental body differs from the body of a conditioned being.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayNārada’s Spiritual Body Endures Through CreationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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