146 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 3
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trttyam rsi-sargam vat
devarsitvam upetya sah
tantram satvatam deasta
naiskarmyam karmanam yatah
trttyam—the third one; ssi-sargam—the millennium of the rsis; vai—
certainly; devarsitvam—incarnation of the si amongst the demigods;
upetya—having accepted; sah—he; tantram—exposition of the Vedas;
satvatam—which is especially meant for devotional service; acasta—-collect-
ed; naiskarmyam—nonfruitive; karmanam—of work; yatah—from which.
TRANSLATION
In the millennium of the rsis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the
third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarsi Narada, who is a great
sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which
deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action.
PURPORT
The great Rsi Narada, who is an empowered incarnation of the Person-
ality of Godhead, propagates devotional service all over the universe. All
great devotees of the Lerd all over the universe and in different planets
and species of life are his disciples. Srila Vyasadeva, the compiler of the
Srimad-Bhagavatam, is also one of his disciples. He is the author of
Narada-paficaratra, which is the exposition of the Vedas, particularly for
devotional service of the Lord. This Narada-paficaratra trains the karmis
or the fruitive workers to achieve liberation from the bondage of fruitive
work. The conditioned souls are mostly attracted by fruitive work because
they want to enjoy life by the sweat of their own brow. The whole
universe is full of fruitive workers in all species of life. The fruitive works
include all kinds of economic development plans. But the law of nature
provides that every action has its resultant reaction, and the performer of
the work is bound up by such reactions, good or bad. The reaction of good
work is comparative material prosperity, whereas the reaction of bad work
