CHAPTER SIX
Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsa
TEXT 1
सूत उवाच
एवं निशम्य भगवान्देवर्षेर्जन्म कर्म च ।
भूयः पप्रच्छ तं ब्रह्मन् व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca
evam niśamya bhagavān
devarśer janma karma ca
bhūyaḥ papraccha tam brahman
vyāsaḥ satyavatī-sutaḥ
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta said;  evam —thus;  niśamya —hearing;  bhagavān —the powerful incarnation of God;  devarśeḥ —of the great sage among the gods;  janma —birth;  karma —work;  ca —and;  bhūyaḥ —again;  papraccha —asked;  tam —him;  brahman —O  brāhmaṇas ;  vyāsaḥ —Vyāsadeva;  satyavatī-sutaḥ —the son of Satyavatī.
TRANSLATION
Sūta said: O  brāhmaṇas , thus hearing all about Śrī Nārada's birth and activities, Vyāsadeva, the incarnation of God and son of Satyavatī, inquired as follows.
PURPORT
Vyāsadeva was further inquisitive to know about the perfection of Nāradajī, and therefore he wanted to know about him more and more. In this chapter Nāradajī will describe how he was able to have a brief
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