Because, although worshipping God as their lover, they never forgot his God - nature ġ6. There have been many definitions of love, but Narada gives these as the signs of love: When all thoughts, all words, and all deeds are given up unto the Lord, and the least forgetfulness of God makes one intensely miserable, then love has begun.ġ5. When love becomes established, even social forms are given up, except those which are necessary for the preservation of life.ġ3. Or else there is danger of doing evil in the name of liberty.ġ2. Scriptures are to be followed as long as one's life has not become firm ġ1. Giving up all other refuge, he takes refuge in God.ġ0. The Bhakti - sannyasin is the one whose whole soul goes unto God, and whatever militates against love to God, he rejects.ĩ. Sannyasa is giving up both the popular and the scriptural forms of worship.Ĩ. It cannot be used to fill any desire, itself being the check to all desires.ħ. Knowing which man becomes filled with spirituality, becomes calm, and finds pleasure only in God.Ħ. Getting which man desires no more, does not become jealous of anything, does not take pleasure in vanities:ĥ. Getting which man becomes perfect, immortal, and satisfied for ever Ĥ. He is often described as a mischievous character, though his intentions are always good at heart. In the Vaishnava tradition he is held in special reverence for his chanting and singing of the names Hari and Narayana and his promoting of the process of devotional service, known as bhakti yoga as explained within the text accredited to Narada himself, known as the Narada Bhakti Sutra.
In the Vedas, Narada is described as a saintly traveler who sometimes while remembering Vishnu by singing His Glories his Brahminical holy thread breaks, because of bodily expansions through the emotions he feels of pure bhakti (love of God) in separation, which he derives from his unalloyed devotional service. He carries a veena as his musical instrument-and not a Tampura as is commonly assumed-which he uses to accompany his singing of hymns, prayers and mantras as an act of devotion to his Lord, Vishnu.
Narada is portrayed as a travelling monk with the ability to visit distant worlds or planets ( lokas in Sanskrit). Narada is the author of the Pāñcarātra, a standard text for Vaisnava's priests which contains the technical and philosophical meanings of the temple Deity worship. Narada (Sanskrit: नारद, nārada means Naara = Wisdom + Da = Giver) or Narada Muni is a divine sage who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana, and in the Ramayana. (A free translation dictated by Swamiji in America)
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