श्रीनारद उवाच एकदा ब्रह्मण: पुत्रा विष्णुलोकं यदृच्छया । सनन्दनादयो जग्मुश्चरन्तो भुवनत्रयम् ॥ ३६ ॥
sri-narada uvaca ekada brahmanah putra visnu-lokam yadrcchaya sanandanadayo jagmus caranto bhuvana-trayam
- sri-naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada Muni said
- ekada
- once upon a time
- brahmanah
- of Lord Brahma
- putrah
- the sons
- visnu
- of Lord Visnu
- lokam
- the plane
- yadrcchaya
- by chance
- sanandana-adayah
- Sanandana and the others
- jagmuh
- went
- carantah
- traveling about
- bhuvana-trayam
- the three worlds.
The great saint Narada said: Once upon a time when the four sons of Lord Brahma named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanat-kumara were wandering throughout the three worlds, they came by chance to Visnuloka.