Narada
Muni is the pure devotee of Lord Vishnu i.e Krishna. He is mentioned in
most of the Vedic literarures, especially puranas. He travels from one
place to another in the space and teaches the value
Srila Prabhupada in his Bhagavatam purport writes about Narada Muni as follows:
Narada Muni: is inevitably associated with the narrations of the Puranas.
He is described in the Bhagavatam. In his previous life he was the son of a
maidservant, but by good association with pure devotees he became enlightened
in devotional service, and in the next life he became a perfect man comparable
with himself only. In the Mahavarata his name is mentioned in many places. He
is the principle devarsi, or the chief sage amongst the demigods. He is the son
and disciple of Brahmaji, and from him the disciplic succession in the line of
Brahma has been spread. He initiated Prahlada Maharaja, Dhruva Maharaja and
many celebrated devotees of the Lord. He initiated even Vyasadeva, the author
of the Vedic literatures, and from Vyasadeva, Madhvacarya was initiated, and
thus the Madhva-sampradäya, in which the Gaudiya-sampradaya is also included, has spread all over the
universe. Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu belonged to this Madhva-sampradaya;
therefore, Brahmaji, Narada, Vyasa, down to Madhva, Caitanya and the Goswami all
belonged to the same line of disciplic succession. Naradaji has instructed many
kings from time immemorial. In the Bhagavatam we can see that he instructed
Prahlada Maharaja while he was in the womb of his mother, and he instructed
Vasudeva, father of Krishna, as well as Maharaja Yudhisthira.
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