Text 31] Conversation Between Narada and Vyasa 307

great rsis again appear from different parts of the transcendental body, and
Narada also appears. This means that Narada appears in the same transcen-
dental body, just as a man awakes from sleep in the same body. Sri Narada
is eternally free to move in all parts of the transcendental and material
creations of the Almighty. He appears and disappears in his own transcen-
dental body which is without distinction of body and soul, unlike condi-
tioned beings.

TEXT 31

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antar bahis ca lokams trin
paryemy askandita-vratah

anugrahan maha-visnor
avighata-gatih kvacit

antah—in the transcendental world; bahih—in the material world; ca—
and; lokan—planets; trin—three (divisions); paryemi—travel; askandita—
unbroken; vratah—vow; anugrahat—by the causeless mercy; mahda-visnoh—
of the Maha-visnu (Karanodakasayi Visnu); avighata— without restriction;
gatih—entrance; kvacit—at any time.

TRANSLATION

Since then, by the grace of the almighty Visnu, 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-gita, there are three divisions of the material
spheres, namely the irdhaloka (topmost planets), madhyaloka (midway
planets) and adhaloka (downward planets). And beyond the iirdhaloka
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 Vaikuntha
planets inhabited by God Himself along with His associates who are all
