# SB 2.9.41 > तं नारदः प्रियतमो रिक्थादानामनुव्रतः । > शुश्रूषमाणः शीलेन प्रश्रयेण दमेन च ॥४१॥ ## Text > taṁ nāradaḥ priyatamo > rikthādānām anuvrataḥ > śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ śīlena > praśrayeṇa damena ca ## Synonyms *tam*—unto him; *nāradaḥ*—the great sage Nārada; *priyatamaḥ*—very dear; *riktha*-*ādānām*—of the inheritor sons; *anuvrataḥ*—very obedient; *śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ*—always ready to serve; *śīlena*—by good behavior; *praśrayeṇa*—by meekness; *damena*—by sense control; *ca*—also. ## Translation **Nārada, the most dear of the inheritor sons of Brahmā, always ready to serve his father, strictly follows the instructions of his father by his mannerly behavior, meekness and sense control.**