nāradas tu kṛtāgaskam

ivātmānam amanyata

devānāṁ yādavānāṁ ca

saṅge ’gān na kutūhalāt

baddhvaikaṁ yoga-paṭṭakam

niviṣṭo bhagavac-ceṣṭā-

mādhuryānubhavāya saḥ

Nārada, however, thinking he had committed an offense, did not accompany the demigods and the Yādavas. Instead with great curiosity he hid himself in the midst of the sky, fixing himself in a yoga sitting posture, to observe the sweetness of the Lord’s acts.