मैत्रेय उवाच
इति प्रचेतसां पृष्टो भगवान्नारदो मुनिः ।
भगवत्युत्तमश्लोक आविष्टात्माब्रवीन्नृपान् ॥८॥

maitreya uvÄca
iti pracetasÄá¹ pṛṣṭo
bhagavÄn nÄrado muniḥ
bhagavaty uttama-śloka
ÄviṣṭÄtmÄbravÄ«n ná¹›pÄn

 maitreyaḥ uvÄca - Maitreya said; iti - thus; pracetasÄm - by the PracetÄs; pṛṣṭaḥ - being asked; bhagavÄn - the great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nÄradaḥ - NÄrada; muniḥ - very thoughtful; bhagavati - in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; uttama-Å›loke - possessing excellent renown; Äviṣṭa - absorbed; ÄtmÄ - whose mind; abravÄ«t - replied; ná¹›pÄn - to the Kings.


Text

The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being thus petitioned by the PracetÄs, the supreme devotee NÄrada, who is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to reply.

Purport

In this verse bhagavÄn nÄradaḥ indicates that NÄrada is always absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavaty uttama-Å›loka ÄviṣṭÄtmÄ). NÄrada has no other business than thinking of Kṛṣṇa, talking of Kṛṣṇa and preaching about Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is sometimes called bhagavÄn. BhagavÄn means “one who possesses all opulences.†When a person possesses BhagavÄn within his heart, he is also sometimes called bhagavÄn. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura said, sÄká¹£Äd-dharitvena samasta-Å›Ästraiḥ: in every Å›Ästra 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 NÄrada 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 (ÄviṣṭÄtmÄ), when one is simply absorbed in the thought of Kṛṣṇa, one is also called bhagavÄn. BhagavÄn possesses all opulence. If one possesses BhagavÄn within his heart always, does he not automatically possess all opulence also? In that sense a great devotee like NÄrada can be called bhagavÄn. However, we cannot tolerate when a rascal or imposter is called bhagavÄn. One must possess either all opulences or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, BhagavÄn, who possesses all opulences.