Devanagari
मरीचिरत्र्याङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्य: पुलह: क्रतु: ।
भृगुर्वसिष्ठो दक्षश्च दशमस्तत्र नारद: ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
marīcir atry-aṅgirasau
pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ
bhṛgur vasiṣṭho dakṣaś ca
daśamas tatra nāradaḥ
Synonyms
marīciḥ, atri, aṅgirasau, pulastyaḥ, pulahaḥ, kratuḥ, bhṛguḥ, vasiṣṭhaḥ, dakṣaḥ
—
names of sons of Brahmā
;
ca
—
and
;
daśamaḥ
—
the tenth
;
tatra
—
there
;
nāradaḥ
—
Nārada .
Translation
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, and the tenth son, Nārada, were thus born.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, and the tenth son, Nārada, appeared.
This verse describes how Marīci and others appeared as representatives of karma –yoga. Jṣāna, vairāgya, tapas, yoga and karma only become successful by performance of bhakti, and bhakti on the other hand does not dependent on these processes. It gives all results. It is the very form of all results. Thus bhakti is represented at the end, and appeared in the form of Nārada.
Purport
The whole process of the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation is meant to give the conditioned souls a chance to go back home, back to Godhead. Brahmā created Rudra to help him in his creative endeavor, but from the very beginning Rudra began to devour the whole creation, and thus he had to be stopped from such devastating activities. Brahmā therefore created another set of good children, who were mostly in favor of worldly fruitive activities. He knew very well, however, that without devotional service to the Lord there is hardly any benefit for the conditioned souls, and therefore he at last created his worthy son Nārada, who is the supreme spiritual master of all transcendentalists. Without devotional service to the Lord one cannot make progress in any department of activity, although the path of devotional service is always independent of anything material. Only the transcendental loving service of the Lord can deliver the real goal of life, and thus the service rendered by Śrīman Nārada Muni is the highest among all the sons of Brahmā.