SB 2.9.41 • मूल श्लोक

तं नारद: प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रत: । शुश्रूषमाण: शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

taṁ nāradaḥ priyatamo rikthādānām anuvrataḥ śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena praśrayeṇa damena ca

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda