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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.31.8

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ ఇతి ప్రచేతసాం పృష్టో భగవాన్నారదో ముని: । భగవత్యుత్తమశ్లోక ఆవిష్టాత్మాబ్రవీన్నృపాన్ ॥ ౮ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
iti pracetasāṁ pṛṣṭo
[iti prachetasaam prishto]
bhagavān nārado muniḥ
[bhagavaan naarado munih]
bhagavaty uttama-śloka
[bhagavaty uttama-shloka]
āviṣṭātmābravīn nṛpān
[aavishtaatmaabraveen nripaan]
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said iti — thus pracetasām — by the Pracetās pṛṣṭaḥ — being asked bhagavān — the great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead nāradaḥ — Nārada muniḥ — very thoughtful bhagavati — in the Supreme Personality of Godhead uttama-śloke — possessing excellent renown āviṣṭa — absorbed ātmā — whose mind abravīt — replied nṛpān — to the Kings.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
Maitreya said
iti pracetasāṁ pṛṣṭo
iti
thus
pracetasām
by the Pracetās
pṛṣṭaḥ
being asked
bhagavān nārado muniḥ
bhagavān
the great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
nāradaḥ
Nārada
muniḥ
very thoughtful
bhagavaty uttama-śloka
bhagavati
in the Supreme Personality of Godhead
uttama-śloke
possessing excellent renown
āviṣṭātmābravīn nṛpān
āviṣṭa
absorbed
ātmā
whose mind
abravīt
replied
nṛpān
to the Kings.
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being thus petitioned by the Pracetās, the supreme devotee Nārada, who is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to reply.

In this verse bhagavān nāradaḥ indicates that Nārada is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( bhagavaty uttama-śloka āviṣṭātmā ). Nārada has no other business than thinking of Kṛṣṇa, talking of Kṛṣṇa and preaching about Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is sometimes called bhagavān. Bhagavān means “one who possesses all opulences.” When a person possesses Bhagavān within his heart, he is also sometimes called bhagavān. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura said, sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstraiḥ: in every śāstra the spiritual master is accepted directly as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This does not mean that the spiritual master or a saintly person like Nārada has actually become the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but he is accepted in this way because he possesses the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart constantly. As described here ( āviṣṭātmā ), when one is simply absorbed in the thought of Kṛṣṇa, one is also called bhagavān. Bhagavān possesses all opulence. If one possesses Bhagavān within his heart always, does he not automatically possess all opulence also? In that sense a great devotee like Nārada can be called bhagavān. However, we cannot tolerate when a rascal or imposter is called bhagavān. One must possess either all opulences or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān, who possesses all opulences.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Requested by the Pracetās, the great sage Nārada, his mind absorbed in the Lord, then spoke to those kings. Pracetasām should be pracetobhiḥ.
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