Text 32]
Appearance of Śrī Nārada
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TRANSLATION
This may be because I did not specifically point out the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear both to perfect beings and the infallible Lord.
PURPORT
The dissatisfaction which was being felt by Śrīla Vyāsadeva is expressed herein in his own words. This was felt for the normal condition of the living being in the devotional service of the Lord. Unless one is fixed in the normal condition of service, neither the Lord nor the living being can become fully satisfied. This defect was felt by him when Nārada Muni, his spiritual master, reached him. It is described as follows.
TEXT 32
तस्यैवं खिलमात्मानं मन्यमानस्य खिद्यतः । कृष्णस्य नारदोऽभ्यागादाश्रमं प्रागुदाहृतम् ॥३२॥
tasyaivam khilam ātmānam manya-mānasya khidyataḥ kṛṣṇasya nārado 'bhyāgād āśramam prāg-udāhṛtam
tasya—his; evam—thus; khilam—inferior; ātmānam—soul; manya-mānasya—thinking within the mind; khidyataḥ—regretting; kṛṣṇasya—of Kṛṣṇa; nāradaḥ abhyāgāt—Nārada came there; āśramam—the cottage; prāg—before; udāhṛtam—said.
TRANSLATION
As mentioned before, Nārada reached the cottage of Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa on the banks of the Sarasvatī just as he was regretting his defects.
PURPORT
The vacuum felt by Vyāsadeva was not due to his lack of knowledge.  Bhāgavata-dharma  is purely devotional service of the Lord to which the monist has no access. The monist is not counted amongst the  paramahaṁsas  (the most perfect of the renounced order of life).  Śrīmad-