Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.27 presents Nārada Muni’s movement from receptive hearing to stable spiritual attention. This study explains the verse’s key Sanskrit expressions, including ruci, askhalitā matiḥ, sat-asat, and sva-māyayā. It situates the teaching within Nārada’s earlier life of service, association, and attentive hearing. The discussion clarifies the Gaudiya Vaiṣṇava distinction between the eternal self and the…