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  "name":"SB 2.9.41",
  "h1":"SB 2.9.41",
  "label":"Text 41",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.41",
  "description":"Nārada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahmā, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control."

} —

SB 2.9.41

तं नारदः प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रतः ।
शुश्रूषमाणः शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥४१॥

Text

taṁ nāradaḥ priyatamo
rikthādānām anuvrataḥ
śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena
praśrayeṇa damena ca

Synonyms

tam—unto him; nāradaḥ—the great sage Nārada; priyatamaḥ—very dear; riktha-ādānām—of the inheritor sons; anuvrataḥ—very obedient; śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ—always ready to serve; śīlena—by good behavior; praśrayeṇa—by meekness; damena—by sense control; ca—also.

Translation

Nārada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahmā, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.