nārada uvāca bhikṣubhir vipravasite vijñānādeṣṭṛbhir mama vartamāno vayasy ādye tata etad akāraṣam
Synonyms
śrī nāradaḥ uvāca—Sri Narada said; bhikṣubhiḥ—by the great sages; vipravasite—having departed for other places; vijñāna—scientific spiritual knowledge; ādeṣṭṛbhiḥ—those who imparted upon me; mama—mine; vartamānaḥ—present; vayasi ādye—before this duration of life; tataḥ—there after; etat—this much; akāraṣam—performed.
Translation
Sri Naradaji said
The great sages who had imparted upon me scientific knowledge in transcendence, having departed from me for other places I had to pass on my life like this.
Purport
In His previous life when Naradaji was impregenated with spiritual knowledge by the Grace of the great sages, there was a tangible charge in his life although he was only a boy of five years only. That is an important symptom visible after initiation from the bonafide spiritual master. Actual association of devotee brings about quick change in life for spiritual realisation and how it so acted upon the previous life of Sri Narada Muni is described by and by in this chapter.