308 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 6

eternally liberated living entities. Sri Narada Muni could enter all these
planets both in the material and spiritual spheres without restriction, as
much as the almighty Lord is free to move personally in any part of His
creation. In the material world the living beings are influenced by the
three material modes of nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance.
But Sri Narada Muni is transcendental to all these material modes, and thus
he can travel everywhere unrestricted. He is a liberated spaceman. The cause-
less mercy of Lord Visnu is unparalleled, and such mercy is perceived by
the devotees only by the grace of the Lord. Therefore, the devotees never
fall down, but the materialists, i.e., the fruitive workers and the speculative
philosophers, do fall down, being forced by the respective modes of
nature. The rsis, as above mentioned, cannot enter into the transcendental
world like Narada. This fact is disclosed in the Narasimha Purana. Rsis like
Marici are authorities in fruitive work, and rsis like Sanaka and Sanatana are
authorities in philosophical speculations. But Sri Narada Muni is the
prime authority for transcendental devotional service of the Lord. All the
great authorities in the devotional service of the Lord follow in the
footsteps of Narada Muni in the order of the Narada-bhakti-siitra, and
therefore all the devotees of the Lord are unhesitatingly qualified to enter
into the kingdom of God, Vaikuntha.

TEXT 32

aaa diet aera ay |
ester efewat MATA TTT 122

deva-dattam imam vinam
svara-brahma-vibhisitam

mircchayitva hari-katham
gayamanas caramy aham

deva—the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Sri Krsna); dattam—gifted
by; imam—this; vinadm—a musical stringed instrument; svara—singing meter;
brahma—transcendental; vibhiisitam—decorated with;miircchayitva—vibrat-
ing; hari-katham—transcendental message; gayamanah—singing constantly;
carami—do move; aham—I.

TRANSLATION

And thus I travel, constantly singing the glories of the Lord and
transcendental messages, vibrating this instrument called a vina which is
