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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 4]
Bhāgavatam  is full of narrations of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Although Vyāsadeva was an empowered Divinity, he still felt dissatisfaction because in none of his works were the transcendental activities of the Lord properly explained. The inspiration was infused by Śrī Kṛṣṇa directly in the heart of Vyāsadeva, and thus he felt the vacuum as explained above. It is definitely expressed herewith that without transcendental loving service of the Lord, everything is void; but in the transcendental service of the Lord everything is tangible without any separate attempt at fruitive work or empiric philosophical speculation.
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तमभिज्ञाय सहसा प्रत्युत्थायागतं मुनिः । 
  पूजयामास विधिवन्नारदं सुरपूजितम् ॥३३॥
tam abhijñāya sahasā 
  pratyutthāyāgatam muniḥ 
  pūjayāmāsa vidhivan 
  nāradam sura-pūjitam
tam abhijñāya —seeing the good fortune of his (Nārada’s) arrival;  sahasā —all of a sudden;  pratyutthāya —getting up;  āgatam —arrived at;  muniḥ —Vyāsadeva;  pūjayāmāsa —worship;  vidhivat —with the same respect as is offered to Vidhi (Brahmā);  nāradam —to Nārada;  sura-pūjitam —worshiped by the demigods.
TRANSLATION
At the auspicious arrival of Śrī Nārada, Śrī Vyāsadeva got up respectfully and worshiped him, giving him veneration equal to that given to Brahmājī, the creator.
PURPORT
Vidhi  means Brahmā, the first created living being. He is the original student as well as professor of the  Vedas . He learned it from Śrī Kṛṣṇa and taught Nārada first. So Nārada is the second  ācārya  in the line of spiritual discipline succession. He is the representative of Brahmā, and therefore he is respected exactly like Brahmā, the father of all  vidhis  (regulations);