Having purified my soul by these specially meritorious acts, why shall I not succeed in seeing that Infinite Lord of the universe?-Hearing these words of Parameshthi's son, Narayana, that protector of the scriptures, said to him, saying,-Go, O Narada!—Before sending him away, however, the great god adored the celestial Rishi with those rites and ceremonies which have been laid down in the scriptures by himself. Narada also duly honoured the ancient Rishi Narayana. After such honours had been exchanged, the son of Parameshthi left that spot.