Text 83]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1477
Lord. In this verse the word  dhīra  is sometimes read as  vīra . Actually there is not very much difference. The word  dhīra  means “sober,” and  vīra  means “hero.” One who is struggling against  māyā  is a hero, and one who is sober enough to understand his position is a  dhīra . Without becoming sober or heroic, one cannot attain spiritual salvation.
TEXT 83
एतदन्यात्मपारोक्षं गीतं देवर्षिणानघ ।
यः श्रावयेद्यः शृणुयात्स लिङ्गेन विमुन्यते ॥८३॥
etad adhyātma-pārokṣyam gītam devarṣiṇānagha yaḥ śrāvayed yaḥ śṛṇuyāt sa liṅgena vimucyate
etat —this;  adhyātma —spiritual;  pārokṣyam —authorized description;  gītam —narrated;  deva-rṣiṇā —by the great sage Nārada;  anagha —O spotless Vidura;  yaḥ —anyone who;  śrāvayet —may describe;  yaḥ —anyone who;  śṛṇuyāt —may hear;  saḥ —he;  liṅgena —from the bodily concept of life;  vimucyate —becomes delivered.
TRANSLATION
My dear Vidura, one who hears this narration concerning the understanding of the living entity’s spiritual existence, as described by the great sage Nārada, or who relates it to others, will be liberated from the bodily conception of life.
PURPORT
This material creation is the spirit soul’s dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Mahā-Viṣṇu, as the  Brahma-saṁhitā  describes:  yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidrām ananta-jagadaṇḍa-saroma-kūpaḥ . This material world is created by the dreaming of Mahā-Viṣṇu. The real factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation. After being in contact with the material modes of nature, the living entity develops the subtle and gross bodies. When the living entity is fortunate enough to associate with Śrī Nārada Mahāmuni or his servants, he is liberated from this dreamland of material creation and the bodily conception of life.