Vanisource:Sloka of the day/February 6, 2009
tṛtīyam ṛṣi-sargaṁ vai
devarṣitvam upetya saḥ
tantraà sätvatam äcañöa
naiṣkarmyaṁ karmaṇāṁ yataḥ
In the millennium of the ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarṣi Nārada, who is a great sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action.