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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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स्वायम्भुव कया वृत्त्या वर्तितं ते परं वयः कथं चेदमुदस्राक्षीः काले प्राप्ते कलेवरम्
svāyambhuva kayā vṛttyā vartitaṁ te paraṁ vayaḥ kathaṁ cedam udasrākṣīḥ kāle prāpte kalevaram
WORD BY WORD
svāyambhuva O son of Brahmā; kayā under what condition; vṛttyā occupation; vartitam was spent; te you; param after the initiation; vayaḥ duration of life; katham how; ca and; idam this; udasrākṣīḥ did you quit; kāle in due course; prāpte having attained; kalevaram body;
TRANSLATION
| O son of Brahmā, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?
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PURPORT
| Śrī Nārada 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 is certainly important. Śrī Vyāsadeva desired him to disclose the facts for everyone’s satisfaction.
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