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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 87: Verses 45-50
Sri Suka went on : Receiving thus with reverence what was imparted by the divine Seer (Narayana), the sage (Narada)---who had (full) control over his self, who was (fully)' accomplished of his purpose, (nay,) who (ever) bears in mind the teachings of the scriptures and observes the heroic vow of perpetual celibacy, submitted (to Him), 0 king! (as follows):- Narada prayed : Hail to the celebrated Lord Sri Krsna of stainless glory (in You), who assumes charming forms for putting an end to the (repeated) birth of all created beings. Bowing low in this way to the Sage Narayana (the most ancient seer) as well as to His high-souled disciples, Narada proceeded from that place to the hermitage of my father, the sage Dwaipayana, (who was) directly present there (at that time). Welcomed by the divine sage (Vyasa) and having taken his seat, Narada reproduced to him the aforesaid hymn (chanted by the Vedas in living form) as heard from the lips of the sage Narayana. I n this way has this hymn (sung by the Vedas) been reproduced by me, 0 Pariksit, describing how the mind (as well as the Veda) could penetrate Brahma even though the latter was indefinable and untouched by the three Gunas (modes of Prakrti), which (precisely) was the question that had been put to us by you. One should constantly meditate on Sri Hari, the Dispeller of (all) fears, who in His absolute state keeps Maya (the prime cause) at a distance; who plans this universe and continues at the beginning, middle and end of it; who is the Ruler of both the Unmanifest (Prakrti) and the Jiva (embodied soul); who, having created this universe and entered it forthwith alongwith the Jiva, evolves bodies (for the Jivas) and controls (maintains) them; and having attained to whom the Jiva sheds ignorance (that has no beginning) in the same way as a man fast asleep loses consciousness of his body.
Thus ends the eighty-seventh discourse intitled "A Song of Praise uttered by the Vedas
(in their living form)," forming the theme of a dialogue between Narada and the divine Sage Narayana, in the latter half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.
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