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Sage Narada

Narada was the son of Brahma and a sage known for helping mankind. Unlike other sages who spent time in penance, Narada wandered places facilitating good and helping the pious in times of need. He devised plans to protect the righteous and punish the wicked. Narada had the ability to appear anywhere at anytime and often helped figures like Dhruva, Prahlad, and the Pandavas. However, he also had a reputation for revealing secrets at bad times and spreading gossip, though his intention was always to espouse good causes and ensure that bad people faced punishment. Narada was also a great devotee of Vishnu and highly skilled in music.

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Sage Narada

Narada was the son of Brahma and a sage known for helping mankind. Unlike other sages who spent time in penance, Narada wandered places facilitating good and helping the pious in times of need. He devised plans to protect the righteous and punish the wicked. Narada had the ability to appear anywhere at anytime and often helped figures like Dhruva, Prahlad, and the Pandavas. However, he also had a reputation for revealing secrets at bad times and spreading gossip, though his intention was always to espouse good causes and ensure that bad people faced punishment. Narada was also a great devotee of Vishnu and highly skilled in music.

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Sage Narada
Narada was a son of lord Brahma, the creator. He was often known as Narada Muni. The word Nara means a man and Da means a giver. Thus Narada means the one who gives (useful knowledge) to the mankind. Narada was a sage of a kind. Like other sages, he would not spend time in penance and meditation. Instead, he strove for human welfare. He wandered places facilitating the good of the world, guiding the perplexed, engaged in helping the pious in times of challenge and danger. He devised plans for protecting the righteous and punishing the wicked. Narada had blessings that he could show up anywhere, anytime and anyplace. He used these blessings and appeared in all yugas (satya, treta and dwapara) from time to time to spread the good word and help the needy. He traversed distant worlds (or planets) but never went anywhere without a purpose. He used to make his purposeful entry by chanting the name of the lord Vishnu (Narayana) and playing a veena (a musical instrument) You must have learnt how Narada helped Dhruva, Prahlad, Savitri in Pauranik stories and Pandavas in Mahabharata. Narada could not keep any secrets. He was usually known for revealing secrets on a bad time or spreading gossip. Therefore he was often mistaken as a quarrel-monger and a talebearer. His deeds often brought a trouble and friction among gods, demons and men. But one must remember that Naradas intention was to espouse a good cause. It was his constant desire that bad people should be punished for their deeds. Whatever Narada did, though sometimes it seemed bad, turned into a happy ending. He was a rst-order celestial musician. He was a great devotee of lord Vishnu (Narayana). He was always found chanting the name of lord Vishnu and playing a veena a musical instrument. He was well versed with Vedas and Upanishadas. He had an extraordinary prociency in Samaveda which is dedicated to the music. He knew the art of articulating each syllable and was also well versed in semantics. He also knew the precise use of each word. There are so many wonderful and inspirational stories about Narada muni mentioned in our Hindu scriptures. Try to learn them from other sources.

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