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completely burnt up. I have shown myself to thee that thy Kama
may all be centred in me. When I am the object of Kama, the
Sadhu gives up all other desires. By prolonged service of Mahatmas,
thy mind is firmly fixed in me. Therefore shalt thou give up this
faulty body and acquire my companionship. The mind fixed in me
is never destroyed in creation or in pralaya, nor does the memory
fail.'"
"So saying Isvara disappeared. In time, when I was drawn to-
wards the pure body with which I was favored by Bhagavan, the body
of my five Bhutas fell down on the extinction of my Prarabdha
Karma. When the Kalpa came to an end my new body was indrawn
by the breath of Brahma who was going to sleep. After one thou-
sand Yuga Cycles, when Brahma awoke and desired to create, I,
Marichi, and other Rishis came out. Since then I have invariably ob-
served Brahmacharya and through the favor of Vishnu have been
travelling all over Triloki, both inside and outside, my passage
being wholly unobstructed. The Devas gave me this Vin^ which is
adorned with Svara-Brahma. By playing upon this Vina I send forth
songs of Hari all round. These songs are the only means of crossing
the ocean of recurring lives."
[This is the mystery of Narada as related in the Puranas.
Narada is the repository of occult knowledge from the previous Kalpa.
The first and foremost adept of this Kalpa, his mission is to spread
occult knowledge, by unceasingly playing on the seven musical notes.
He is ever watchful and always bides his time in all cyclic changes.
He is the only Rishi of whom the Vina is a constant accompani-
ment, as it is of the goddess Sarasvati. His sphere of action is
Triloki, and the dwellers of Bhur, Bhuvar, and Svar alike respect him.
He is the universal counsellor, even of the highest Devas and of the
highest Rishis. His constant mission is the good of the Universe.
One thing is said of him, that he sometimes serves his purpose by
setting one against another and amongst the ignorant his name is a
bye-word for quarrel. However that be, the greatest good of the
Universe in this Kalpa has been always done by him. It is under his
inspiration, that Valmiki and Vyasa wrote their most occult works,
and his benign influence is observed in all universal changes for good.
The Bhagvata recites his constant endeavours to do good and we
shall consider them in detail hereafter.]
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