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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- tam abhijñāya sahasā
- pratyutthāyāgataṁ muniḥ
- pūjayām āsa vidhivan
- nāradaṁ sura-pūjitam
tamseeing the good fortune of his (Nārada's) arrival abhijñāyaseeing the good fortune of his (Nārada's) arrival — seeing the good fortune of his (Nārada's) arrival; sahasāall of a sudden — all of a sudden; pratyutthāyagetting up — getting up; āgatamarrived at — arrived at; muniḥVyāsadeva — Vyāsadeva; pūjayāmworship āsaworship — worship; vidhiwith the same respect as offered to Vidhi (Brahmā)-vatwith the same respect as offered to Vidhi (Brahmā) — with the same respect as offered to Vidhi (Brahmā); nāradamto Nārada — to Nārada; suraworshiped by the demigods-pūjitamworshiped by the demigods — worshiped by the demigods.
At the auspicious arrival of Śrī Nārada, Śrī Vyāsadeva got up respectfully and worshiped him, giving him veneration equal to that given to Brahmājī, the creator.
Vidhi means Brahmā, the first created living being. He is the original student as well as professor of the Vedas. He learned it from Śrī Kṛṣṇa and taught Nārada first. So Nārada is the second ācārya in the line of spiritual disciplic succession. He is the representative of Brahmā, and therefore he is respected exactly like Brahmā, the father of all vidhis (regulations); similarly all other successive disciples in the chain are also equally respected as representatives of the original spiritual master.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Appearance of Śrī Nārada."