Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.70.32
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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deva-ṛṣiḥ
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the sage of the demigods
Devarṣi — Nārada's specific title. He is the only ṛṣi who freely moves among devas, asuras, and mortals, carrying news of Bhagavān. The Gauḍīya tradition reveres him as the guru of Vyāsa and thus the great-grandfather of the SB itself.
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piṅga-jaṭā
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yellowish matted hair
Piṅga — reddish-yellow, the colour of fire and sun. Nārada wears no royal ornament but his hair itself shines like the sun. The ascetic-luminous body is a Vaiṣṇava aesthetic: holiness as its own radiance.
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yathā raviḥ
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like the sun
Nārada is compared to the sun just as Kṛṣṇa was at verse 15 (bhāskaraḥ). Two suns now share the hall. The simile encodes Gauḍīya doctrine: the devotee shines with Bhagavān's borrowed-and-yet-real light.
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prādurāsīt
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appeared, manifested
Prādur-bhū is the verb of divine manifestation (cf. avirbhāva). Nārada does not 'enter' through a door so much as 'manifest' in the court — his arrivals are always slightly miraculous.
At this time he was manifesting more effulgence that ever (parama-dyutiḥ). This was arranged by the Lord so that people would listen to his words.
When the messenger of the kings was speaking in this way (evam), and the Lord did not say anything in response, Nārada appeared, so that the Lord would first go to Yudhiṣṭhira’s house. Nārada was shining or had great power and had golden hair. He was like the sun. In this way he appeared in order that, by showing his nature, his words would be accepted. Or he was joyful that his desired rājasūya sacrifice would be performed when the Lord came to Yudhiṣṭhira’s house. Or Śukadeva describes him in this way because he is filled with bhakti for him since he came there on behalf of Yudhiṣṭhira. Or Nārada was radiant with great power of austerity (parama-dyutiḥ). This indicates his omniscience. Knowing the Lord would go to Yudhiṣṭhira’s house, he came here to hasten the event. The power of his austerity is indicated by his shining hair. He was like the sun: most powerful or most worthy of worship.
- Whose timely arrival in my life can I now see as more than coincidence?
- Am I available to be such a presence for someone else?
Nārada entering with golden matted locks blazing like the sun is like one luminous body announcing another. The court that already had its sun (Kṛṣṇa) now sees a second sun walk in — and rises to greet him, because the second sun is His servant.
In SB 1.5-6, Nārada relates how in a previous birth he was the son of a maidservant who served sages; their leftover food and conversation purified him so completely that in his next birth he became the eternal sage Nārada, traveling at will, singing of Bhagavān.
His appearance at the Dvārakā court here is no surprise to him or to Kṛṣṇa — he is the universal messenger who carries kṛṣṇa-kathā between the worlds. The verse situates him as the link between Pāṇḍava-loka and Kṛṣṇa's court.
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