deva-dattam imam vinam
svara-brahma-vibhusistam
murcchayitva hari-katham
gayamanas caramy aham
And thus I travel, constantly singing the transcendental message of the glories of the Lord, vibrating this instrument called a vina, which is charged with transcendental sound and given to me by Lord Krishna. (Prabhupada, 1972)
Narada Muni was a traveling musician and storyteller who brought news throughout the lands. He was a devotee, and it is said that because the vibrations from his vina were not of the physical space, they were transcendental, just as Shri Krishna himself was transcendental, and because he sang devotional songs, calling out the names of the gods, he himself was living his Dharma.
- Prabhupada, S. (1972). Srimad Bhagavatam. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.