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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
PURPORT
Nārada is known as the son of Brahmā, as Lord Kṛṣṇa is known as the son of Vasudeva. The Personality of Godhead and His liberated devotees like Nārada appear in the material world by the same process. As it is said in the  Bhagavad-gītā , the birth and activities of the Lord are all transcendental. Therefore, according to authorized opinion, the birth of Nārada as the son of Brahmā is also a transcendental pastime. His appearance and disappearance are practically on the same level as that of the Lord. The Lord and His devotees are therefore simultaneously one and different as spiritual entities. They belong to the same category of transcendence.
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सहस्रयुगपर्यन्ते उत्थायेदं सिमृक्षतः । मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयः प्राणेभ्योऽहं च जज्ञिरे ॥३०॥
sahasra-yuga-paryante utthāyedam siṣṛkṣataḥ marīci-miśrā ṛṣayaḥ prāṇebhyo 'ham ca jajñire
sahasra —one thousand;  yuga —4,300,000 years;  paryante —at the end of the duration;  utthāya —having expired;  idam —this;  siṣṛkṣataḥ —desired to create again;  marīci-miśrāḥ — ṛṣis  like Marīci;  ṛṣayaḥ —all the  ṛṣis ;  prāṇebhyaḥ —out of His senses;  aham —I;  ca —also;  jajñire —appeared.
TRANSLATION
After 4,300,000,000 solar years, Brahmā awakes to create again by will of the Lord, and all the  ṛṣis  like Marīci, Aṅgirā, Atri and so on are created from the transcendental body of the Lord, and I also appear along with them.
PURPORT
The duration of a day in the life of Brahmā is 4,320,000,000 solar years. This is stated also in the  Bhagavad-gītā . So for this period Brahmājī rests in  yoga-nidrā  within the body of the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the generator of Brahmā. Thus after the sleeping period of Brahmā, when there is again creation by the will of the Lord through the agency of Brahmā, all the