तं नारद: प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रत: । शुश्रूषमाण: शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥ ४१ ॥
tam naradah priyatamo rikthadanam anuvratah susrusamanah silena prasrayena damena ca
- tam
- unto him
- naradah
- the great sage Narada
- priyatamah
- very dear
- riktha-adanam
- of the inheritor sons
- anuvratah
- very obedient
- susrusamanah
- always ready to serve
- silena
- by good behavior
- prasrayena
- by meekness
- damena
- by sense control
- ca
- also.
Narada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahma, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.