तं नारदः प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रतः ।
शुश्रूषमाणः शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥ ४१ ॥
tam-unto him; naradah-the great sage Narada; priyatamah-very dear; rikthadanam-of the inheritor sons; anuvratah-very obedient; susrusamanah-always ready to serve; silena-by good behavior; prasrayena-by meekness; damena-by sense control; ca-also.
Narada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahma, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.