SB 1.6.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

स्वायम्भुव कया वृत्त्या वर्तितं ते परं वयः ।
कथं चेदमुदस्राक्षीः काले प्राप्ते कलेवरम् ॥ ३ ॥

svayambhuva kaya vrttya

vartitam te param vayah

katham cedam udasraksih

kale prapte kalevaram

svayambhuva-O son of Brahma; kaya-under what condition; vrttya-occupation; vartitam-was spent; te-you; param-after the initiation; vayah-duration of life; katham-how; cedam-how that; udasraksih-did you quit; kala-in due course; prapte-having attained; kalevaram-body.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

Sri Narada Muni in his previous life was just an ordinary maidservant's son, so how he became so perfectly transformed into the spiritual body of eternal life, bliss and knowledge was certainly important. Sri Vyasadeva desired him to disclose the facts for everyone's satisfaction.