Narada visits Brahma's sabha with Aditya's help

The story of Brahma’s sabha was a memory within a memory. Narada recounted how he first learned of it. In ancient times, in the era of the gods, the illustrious and indefatigable lord Aditya descended from heaven to see the world of men. He had earlier seen the sabha of the self-creating Brahma. In human form, he described it to Narada exactly as he had seen it. When Narada heard about this celestial, immeasurable, indescribable sabha — a disembodied space that delighted all living beings with its lustre — he wished to see it for himself. He spoke to Aditya. “O illustrious one! I wish to see the grandfather’s sabha. Through what austerities and what deeds can one see it? Please tell me what herbs and what powers of maya will allow me to set my eyes on that sabha.” The lord of cattle, the valorous Surya, did not give him a list of austerities. He took Narada there himself, to Brahma’s unblemished sabha, one that knows no fatigue. What Narada found defied description. Its form changed from one moment to the next. He did not know its dimensions or its shape. He had never seen such beauty. The sabha always contributed to pleasure. It was neither too hot nor too cold. The moment one entered, hunger, thirst, and all types of fatigue disappeared. It had many different forms, was beautifully coloured and resplendent. It was not supported by pillars. It did not decay. It was eternal. Its own radiance surpassed that of the moon, the sun, and the flaming crest of fire. On the rafters of the firmament, its radiance lit up the sun itself. This direct experience became the foundation for the description he would one day give to King Yudhishthira.