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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 70: Verses 32-41
Sri Suka resumed : (Pariksit!) when the messenger of the kings was thus delivering the message (of the kings), the celestial sage (Narada) appeared (on the scene) wearing a mass of golden matted locks, and dazzling like the sun. Seeing the sage the almighty Sri Krsna, the suzerain Lord of all the worlds, rose (from His seat) with His councillors and attendants and joyfully bowed to the Devarsi with His head bent low. The Devarsi having taken his seat, the Lord worshipped him with due honour and, bringing delight to the sage with His reverence spoke to him in the following sweet words. "0 sage, are all the three worlds now free from fear? Your constantly going about the three worlds surely constitutes a great gain to us (inasmuch as we receive all the news of the world through you). Nothing in (all) the worlds of God's creation is unknown to you. We, therefore, enquire of you what the Pandavas and others intend to do (at present)." Sri Narada replied: O all-pervading Infinite Lord, You are such a great magician that even conjurers like Brahma (the creator of the world) are unable to penetrate (the veil of) Your Maya. Lord, You abide in all created beings by virtue of Your (inscrutable) potencies even as fire remains latent in every log of wood.
I have witnessed Your Maya more than once, hence Your inquiry about the Pandavas does not appear to me as something out of the common. (Lord,) You bring forth and destroy this universe by Your own Maya; and by Your Maya it appears as existent (though without any reality). Who can know Your intentions full well ? You are inconceivable by nature; my salutation be to You. (Tied down to the body) the soul moves on the whirligig of birth and death and knows not the way to deliverance from this sheath, the source of (all) evil. Descending on earth in so many Forms by way of sport, You kindle the lamp of Your glory (with the help of which he may free himself from the bondage of the body). Lord, I resort to You for protection. The Supreme Spirit as You are, You nevertheless imitate the ways of the human world; therefore I shall communicate to You what Your cousin and loving devotee, king Yudhisthira, intends to do. The Pandava king enjoys on this very earth all the enjoyments of the abode of Brahma (the highest Paradise). He is (absolutely) desireless. And yet he would worship You through the supreme sacrifice known as Rajasuya. May You be pleased to give Your consent to his proposal.
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