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Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsa
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great  ṛṣis  again appear from different parts of the transcendental body, and Nārada also appears. This means that Nārada appears in the same transcendental body, just as a man awakes from sleep in the same body. Śrī Nārada is eternally free to move in all parts of the transcendental and material creations of the Almighty. He appears and disappears in his own transcendental body which is without distinction of body and soul, unlike conditioned beings.
TEXT 31
अन्तर्बहिश्च लोकांस्त्रीन् पर्येभ्यस्कन्दितवतः ।
अनुग्रहान्महाविष्णोरविधातगतिः क्वचित् ॥३१॥
antar bahiś ca lokāṁs trīn paryemy askandita-vrataḥ anugrahān mahā-viṣṇor avighāta-gatiḥ kvacit
antaḥ —in the transcendental world;  bahiḥ —in the material world;  ca —and;  lokān —planets;  trīn —three (divisions);  paryemi —travel;  askandita —unbroken;  vrataḥ —vow;  anugrahāt —by the causeless mercy;  mahā-viṣṇoḥ —of the Mahā-viṣṇu (Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu);  avighāta —without restriction;  gatiḥ —entrance;  kvacit —at any time.
TRANSLATION
Since then, by the grace of the almighty Viṣṇu, I travel everywhere without restriction both in the transcendental world and in the three divisions of the material world. This is because I am fixed in unbroken devotional service of the Lord.
PURPORT
As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , there are three divisions of the material spheres, namely the  ūrdhaloka  (topmost planets),  madhyaloka  (midway planets) and  adhaloka  (downward planets). And beyond the  ūrdhaloka  planets, that is to say above the Brahmaloka, there are the material coverings of the universes, and above that there is the spiritual sky which is unlimited in expansion, containing unlimited self-illuminated Vaikuṇṭha planets inhabited by God Himself along with His associates who are all