Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.1.36
श्रीनारद उवाच
एकदा ब्रह्मण: पुत्रा विष्णुलोकं यदृच्छया ।
सनन्दनादयो जग्मुश्चरन्तो भुवनत्रयम् ॥ ३६ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
ekadā brahmaṇaḥ putrā
[ekadaa brahmanah putraa]
viṣṇu-lokaṁ yadṛcchayā
[vishnu-lokam yadrichchayaa]
sanandanādayo jagmuś
[sanandanaadayo jagmush]
caranto bhuvana-trayam
[charanto bhuvana-trayam]
Word-for-word
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Nārada Muni said
ekadā
—
once upon a time
brahmaṇaḥ
—
of Lord Brahmā
putrāḥ
—
the sons
viṣṇu
—
of Lord Viṣṇu
lokam
—
the planet
yadṛcchayā
—
by chance
sanandana-ādayaḥ
—
Sanandana and the others
jagmuḥ
—
went
carantaḥ
—
traveling about
bhuvana-trayam
—
the three worlds.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Śrī Nārada Muni said
ekadā brahmaṇaḥ putrā
ekadā
once upon a time
brahmaṇaḥ
of Lord Brahmā
putrāḥ
the sons
viṣṇu-lokaṁ yadṛcchayā
viṣṇu
of Lord Viṣṇu
lokam
the planet
yadṛcchayā
by chance
sanandanādayo jagmuś
sanandana-ādayaḥ
Sanandana and the others
jagmuḥ
went
caranto bhuvana-trayam
carantaḥ
traveling about
bhuvana-trayam
the three worlds.
The great saint Nārada said: Once upon a time when the four sons of Lord Brahmā named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana and Sanat-kumāra were wandering throughout the three worlds, they came by chance to Viṣṇuloka.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: Once, when the four sons of Lord Brahmā named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana and Sanat-kumāra were wandering throughout the three worlds, they came by chance to Viṣṇuloka.
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Personal Guidance
The four Kumāras — eternally child-saints — wandered into Vaikuṇṭha. Even the highest sages move within the spiritual world by the Lord's arrangement. What seems like coincidence in the divine plan is choreography.
Reflection Questions
- Which 'chance' meeting in your spiritual life now looks providential?
- How might you stay open to unscheduled encounters as part of the plan?
My note
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