### SB 2.9.41

> तं नारदः प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रतः ।\
> शुश्रूषमाणः शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥४१॥

> taṁ nāradaḥ priyatamo\
> rikthādānām anuvrataḥ\
> śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena\
> praśrayeṇa damena ca

*tam*—unto him; *nāradaḥ*—the great sage Nārada; *priyatamaḥ*—very dear; *riktha-ādānām*—of the inheritor sons; *anuvrataḥ*—very obedient; *śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ*—always ready to serve; *śīlena*—by good behavior; *praśrayeṇa*—by meekness; *damena*—by sense control; *ca*—also.

**Nārada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahmā, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.**