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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.29
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 29
- kalpānta idam ādāya
- śayāne 'mbhasy udanvataḥ
- śiśayiṣor anuprāṇaṁ
- viviśe 'ntar ahaṁ vibhoḥ
kalpaat the end of Brahmā's day-anteat the end of Brahmā's day — at the end of Brahmā's day; idamthis — this; ādāyataking together — taking together; śayānehaving gone to lie down — having gone to lie down; ambhasiin the causal water — in the causal water; udanvataḥdevastation — devastation; śiśayiṣoḥlying of the Personality of Godhead (Nārāyaṇa) — lying of the Personality of Godhead (Nārāyaṇa); anuprāṇambreathing — breathing; viviśeentered into — entered into; antaḥwithin — within; ahamI — I; vibhoḥof Lord Brahmā — of Lord Brahmā.
At the end of the millennium, when the Personality of Godhead Lord Nārāyaṇa lay down within the water of devastation, Brahmā began to enter into Him along with all creative elements, and I also entered through His breathing.
Nārada is known as the son of Brahmā, as Lord Kṛṣṇa is known as the son of Vasudeva. The Personality of Godhead and His liberated devotees like Nārada appear in the material world by the same process. As it is said in the Bhagavad-gītā, the birth and activities of the Lord are all transcendental. Therefore, according to authorized opinion, the birth of Nārada as the son of Brahmā is also a transcendental pastime. His appearance and disappearance are practically on the same level as that of the Lord. The Lord and His devotees are therefore simultaneously one and different as spiritual entities. They belong to the same category of transcendence.