[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.3102 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3102 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3102 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3102) Once Nārada went to Mahāviṣṇu and asked him about the secret of life. Mahāviṣṇu said that there was nothing called life and life exists because of Māyā the illusion of the mind. Nārada insisted that he should see ‘Māyā’ (illusion) and so Viṣṇu started from Vaikuṇṭha with Nārada on the back of Garuḍa. - [Previous: c9.3101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3101) - [Next: c9.3103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3103) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3102) · Pramāṇa