Śrī Vyāsadeva said: What did you [Nārada] do after the departure of the great sages who had instructed you in scientific transcendental knowledge before the beginning of your present birth?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
व्यास उवाच । भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिस्तव । वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये ततः किमकरोद्भवान्
vyāsa uvāca | bhikṣubhirvipravasite vijñānādeṣṭṛbhistava | vartamāno vayasyādye tataḥ kimakarodbhavān
SB 1.6.2