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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.32
gāyamānaś carāmy aham
SYNONYMS
deva — the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Śrī Krishna); dattām — gifted by; imām — this; vīnām — a musical stringed instrument; svara — singing meter; brahma — transcendental; vibhūshitām — decorated with; mūrcchayitvā — vibrating; hari-kathām — transcendental message; gāyamānah — singing constantly; carāmi — do move; aham — I.
TRANSLATION
And thus I travel, constantly singing the transcendental message of the glories of the Lord, vibrating this instrument called a vīnā, which is charged with transcendental sound and which was given to me by Lord Krishna.
PURPORT
The musical stringed instrument called the vīnā, which was handed to Nārada by Lord Śrī Krishna, is described in the Lińga Purāna, and this is confirmed by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. This transcendental instrument is identical with Lord Śrī Krishna and Nārada because all of them are of the same transcendental category. Sound vibrated by the instrument cannot be material, and therefore the glories and pastimes which are broadcast by the instrument of Nārada are also transcendental, without a tinge of material inebriety. The seven singing meters, namely sha (shadja), ri (rishabha), gā (gāndhāra), ma (madhyama), pa (pańcama), dha (dhaivata) and ni (nishāda), are also transcendental and specifically meant for transcendental songs. As a pure devotee of the Lord, Śrī Nāradadeva is always fulfilling his obligation to the Lord for His gift of the instrument, and thus he is always engaged in singing His transcendental glories and is therefore infallible in his exalted position. Following in the footsteps of Śrīla Nārada Muni, a self-realized soul in the material world should also properly use the sound meters, namely sha, ri, gā, mā, etc., in the service of the Lord by constantly singing the glories of the Lord, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness