ŚB 2.9.41
Devanagari
तं नारद: प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रत: ।
शुश्रूषमाण: शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥ ४१ ॥
शुश्रूषमाण: शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
taṁ nāradaḥ priyatamo
rikthādānām anuvrataḥ
śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena
praśrayeṇa damena ca
rikthādānām anuvrataḥ
śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena
praśrayeṇa damena ca
Synonyms
tam — unto him; nāradaḥ — the great sage Nārada; priyatamaḥ — very dear; riktha-ādānām — of the inheritor sons; anuvrataḥ — very obedient; śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ — always ready to serve; śīlena — by good behavior; praśrayeṇa — by meekness; damena — by sense control; ca — also.
Translation
Nārada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahmā, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.