O son of Brahma, how did you (Narada) pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?

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"O son of Brahmā, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 1

O son of Brahmā, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?.

SB 1.6.3, Translation and Purport

O son of Brahmā, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?

Śrī Nārada Muni in his previous life was just an ordinary maidservant's son, so how he became so perfectly transformed into the spiritual body of eternal life, bliss and knowledge is certainly important. Śrī Vyāsadeva desired him to disclose the facts for everyone's satisfaction.