tvaá¹ caitad brahma-dÄyÄda
Å›raddhayÄtmÄnuÅ›Äsanam
dhÄrayamÅ› cara gÄá¹ kÄmaá¹
kÄmÄnÄá¹ bharjanaá¹ nṛṇÄm
tvam - you; ca - and; etat - this; brahma - of BrahmÄ; dÄyÄda - O heir (NÄrada); Å›raddhayÄ - with faith; Ätma-ÄnuÅ›Äsanam - instruction in the science of the Self; dhÄrayan - meditating upon; cara - wander; gÄm - the earth; kÄmam - as you wish; kÄmÄnÄm - the material desires; bharjanam - which burns up; nṛṇÄm - of men.
And as you wander the earth at will, My dear son of BrahmÄ, you should faithfully meditate on these instructions concerning the science of the Self, which burn up the material desires of all men.
NÄrada, the son of BrahmÄ, heard this account from ÅšrÄ« NÄrÄyaṇa Ṛṣi. The epithet brahma-dÄyÄda also means that NÄrada attained Brahman effortlessly, just as if it were his inherited birthright.
