Bhagavatapurana 10.46: atha ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

10.46.1

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaro mantrī kṛṣṇasya dayitaḥ sakhā /
śiṣyo bṛhaspateḥ sākṣād uddhavo buddhi-sattamaḥ //

Śrī Śuka said:
The foremost counselor among the Vṛṣṇis was Kṛṣṇa's beloved friend,
a direct disciple of Bṛhaspati, named Uddhava, of supreme intellect.

1. Sri Suka said:—The greatest minister of Vrishnis, and beloved friend of Krishna, a direct pupil of Brihaspati and a man of mature judgment was Uddhava.

10.46.2

tam āha bhagavān preṣṭhaṃ bhaktam ekāntinaṃ kvacit /
gṛhītvā pāṇinā pāṇiṃ prapannārti-haro hariḥ //

To him, his dearest and single-minded devotee, the Lord Hari,
who removes the distress of the surrendered, once said, taking his hand in his own:

46. D. Begins—Thereupon the highly fortunate Sandipini was much pleased, O king, and said to Rama and Krishna, vanquishers of enemies. 2. On a certain day the glorious Hari who ends the miseries of those that resort to Him, took by the hand Uddhava, most beloved of Him and an absolute devotee, and said:—

10.46.3

gacchoddhava vrajaṃ saumya pitror nau prītim āvaha /
gopīnāṃ mad-viyogādhiṃ mat-sandeśair vimocaya //

"Go to Vraja, gentle Uddhava, bring joy to our parents,
and with my messages relieve the mental anguish of the gopīs born of separation from me.

3. ‘Do thou go, Uddhava, to Vraja, O gentle one and with My messages make My parents happy and also deliver the Gopis from their anxiety on account of My separation.

10.46.4

tā man-manaskā tṛṣṭ-prāṇā mad-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ /
mām eva dayitaṃ preṣṭham ātmānaṃ manasā gatāḥ /
ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca mad-arthe tān bibharmy aham //

Their minds are fixed on me, their life-breath is dedicated to me, and for my sake they have renounced their bodily concerns.
They have attained to me alone in thought—their beloved, their dearest, their very self.
And those who have renounced worldly duties for my sake, I sustain.

4. ‘They have given their mind and heart to Me: they consider Me their life and for My sake they have abandoned their relations. (They are with Me in their spirit, regarding Me as their beloved, as the highest object of their affection and as their Lord). I always support those who for My sake give up all the worldly advantages and pleasures.

10.46.5

mayi tāḥ preyasāṃ preṣṭhe dūra-sthe gokula-striyaḥ /
smarantyo 'ṅga vimuhyanti virahautkaṇṭhya-vihvalāḥ //

When I, dearest of the dear, am far away,
those women of Gokula, remembering me, O friend, swoon, overwhelmed by the yearning of separation.

5. ‘When I, the most beloved of all their beloved objects, am at a distance, the women of Gokula do, dear Uddhava, ever think of Me and remain lost to all other interests owing to the extreme anxiety caused by My separation.

10.46.6

dhārayanty ati-kṛcchreṇa prāyaḥ prāṇān kathañcana /
pratyāgamana-sandeśair ballavyo me mad-ātmikāḥ //

With the utmost difficulty they somehow sustain their life-breath,
by means of my messages promising my return—the cowherd women whose very soul is me."

6. ‘Somehow with great difficulty, the Gopis who have set their heart and soul on Me, are supporting their life on messages of My return to them.’

10.46.7

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
ity ukta uddhavo rājan sandeśaṃ bhartur ādṛtaḥ /
ādāya ratham āruhya prayayau nanda-gokulam //

Śrī Śuka said:
Having been thus spoken to, O king, Uddhava respectfully accepted the message of his master,
mounted his chariot, and departed for Nanda's Gokula.

7. Sri Suka said:— Thus desired, O king, Uddhava devoutly received the message and drove in a chariot to Nanda’s Gokula.

10.46.8

prāpto nanda-vrajaṃ śrīmān nimlocati vibhāvasau /
channa-yānaḥ praviśatāṃ paśūnāṃ khura-reṇubhiḥ //

The glorious [Uddhava] reached Nanda's Vraja as the sun was setting,
his chariot obscured by the dust raised from the hooves of the returning cattle.

8. The blessed Uddhava reached Nanda’s Vraja as the Sun was setting and his chariot became obscured in the dust raised by the hoofs of the cattle that were returning home.

10.46.9

vāsitārthe 'bhiyudhyadbhir nāditaṃ śuśmibhir vṛṣaiḥ /
dhāvantībhiś ca vāsrābhir udho-bhāraiḥ sva-vatsakān //

It resounded with lusty bulls fighting for the sake of cows in heat,
and with cows running towards their calves, their udders heavy [with milk],

9. — The Gokula that was most beautiful and resonant with the bellowing of the stout bulls that struggled with one another for the sake of the cow in heat, and of the cows that walked in haste with heavy udders eager to meet their own calves;

10.46.10

itas tato vilaṅghadbhir go-vatsair maṇḍitaṃ sitaiḥ /
go-doha-śabdābhiravaṃ veṇūnāṃ niḥsvanena ca //

adorned with white calves leaping here and there,
resounding with the sounds of cows being milked and the melodies of flutes,

10. — With snow-white calves that jumped and sprang here and there in sprightliness; with the sounds of milch cows and the sweet music of the flutes;

10.46.11

gāyantībhiś ca karmāṇi śubhāni bala-kṛṣṇayoḥ /
sv-alaṅkṛtābhir gopībhir gopaiś ca su-virājitam //

and shining brightly with beautifully adorned gopīs and cowherds
singing the auspicious deeds of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa.

11. -- Vraja that shone splendid with Gopas and Gopis well adorned who sang the glorious exploits of Balarama and Krishna;

10.46.12

agny-arkātithi-go-vipra- pitṛ-devārcanānvitaiḥ /
dhūpa-dīpaiś ca mālyaiś ca gopāvāsair mano-ramam //

It was charming with cowherds' homes provided with worship
of fire, the sun, guests, cows, brāhmaṇas, ancestors, and deities, and adorned with incense, lamps, and flower garlands.

12. — Vraja that was most charming with the dwellings of Gopas, where sacred fires, guests, cows, brahmins, Pitris, and the gods were worshipped; where frank-incense was being burnt and flowers (were profusely used to adorn them);

10.46.13

sarvataḥ puṣpita-vanaṃ dvijāli-kula-nāditam /
haṃsa-kāraṇḍavākīrṇaiḥ padma-ṣaṇḍaiś ca maṇḍitam //

Everywhere were flowering groves resonant with flocks of birds and bees,
and adorned with clusters of lotuses crowded with swans and kāraṇḍava ducks.

13. — Vraja where all the groves were in full blossom, and resounded with the notes of birds and the humming of bees; and which was very attractive with lotus ponds abounding with Swans and Karandavas.

10.46.14

tam āgataṃ samāgamya kṛṣṇasyānucaraṃ priyam /
nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya vāsudeva-dhiyārcayat //

When he arrived, Nanda went out to meet this dear follower of Kṛṣṇa,
embraced him with joy, and honored him with the respect due to Vāsudeva.

14. Nanda was delighted to receive Krishna’s beloved devotee that arrived there, embraced him and showed him every regard taking him to be Vasudeva (Krishna).

10.46.15

bhojitaṃ paramānnena saṃviṣṭaṃ kaśipau sukham /
gata-śramaṃ paryapṛcchat pāda-saṃvāhanādibhiḥ //

After he had eaten the finest food and lay resting comfortably on a couch,
freed from his fatigue by the massaging of his feet and other attentions, [Nanda] inquired:

15. When he partook of the excellent dishes and took rest on a comfortable bed and was refreshed, Nanda, enquired him, after shampooing and other attentions:

10.46.16

kaccid aṅga mahā-bhāga sakhā naḥ śūra-nandanaḥ /
āste kuśaly apatyādyair yukto muktaḥ suhṛd-vrataḥ //

"O blessed one, is our friend the son of Śūra doing well,
united with his children and others, freed [from prison], and faithful to his companions?

16. “Dear Uddhava, O blessed one, is our friend Sura’s son quite well with all his children and other beloved ones, free from cares, and enjoying the company of his friends?

10.46.17

diṣṭyā kaṃso hataḥ pāpaḥ sānugaḥ svena pāpmanā /
sādhūnāṃ dharma-śīlānāṃ yadūnāṃ dveṣṭi yaḥ sadā //

By good fortune, the wicked Kaṃsa has been slain along with his followers by his own evil,
he who always hated the virtuous, righteous Yadus.

17. “The ill-fated wicked Kamsa with his followers has fallen through his own sin; for he always hated the righteous and the good-natured Yadus.

10.46.18

api smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo mātaraṃ suhṛdaḥ sakhīn /
gopān vrajaṃ cātma-nāthaṃ gāvo vṛndāvanaṃ girim //

Does Kṛṣṇa remember us—his mother, his companions, his friends,
the cowherds, Vraja, whose lord he is, the cows, Vṛndāvana, and the hill?

18. “Does Krishna remember us, his mother (mothers), friends and companions, the Gopas, the Vraja of which He is the master, the cows, the Brindavana and the hill?

10.46.19

apy āyāsyati govindaḥ sva-janān sakṛd īkṣitum /
tarhi drakṣyāma tad-vaktraṃ su-nasaṃ su-smitekṣaṇam //

Will Govinda come even once to see his own people?
Then we would gaze upon his face with its handsome nose and charming smiling eyes.

19. “Would Govinda go over here but once to see His kith and kin that we may see His charming face with a handsome nose and winning smiles and looks?

10.46.20

dāvāgner vāta-varṣāc ca vṛṣa-sarpāc ca rakṣitāḥ /
duratyayebhyo mṛtyubhyaḥ kṛṣṇena su-mahātmanā //

From forest fire and wind-driven rain, from the bull demon and the serpent,
from perilous deaths, we were rescued by the noble Kṛṣṇa.

20. “By Krishna, the true well-wisher, we were protected from the wild fire, tempests, from the wicked bull and the serpent, from many perils of an insurmountable character.

10.46.21

smaratāṃ kṛṣṇa-vīryāṇi līlāpāṅga-nirīkṣitam /
hasitaṃ bhāṣitaṃ cāṅga sarvā naḥ śithilāḥ kriyāḥ //

As we remember Kṛṣṇa's heroic deeds, his playful sidelong glances,
his laughter, and his speech, O friend, all our activities slacken.

21. ‘O dear Uddhava, as we remember Krishna’s exploits, His sportful glances and looks, His smiles and His words, all our activities get suspended.

10.46.22

saric-chaila-vanoddeśān mukunda-pada-bhūṣitān /
ākrīḍān īkṣyamāṇānāṃ mano yāti tad-ātmatām //

As we behold the regions of rivers, hills, and forests adorned by Mukunda's footprints,
the scenes of his sports, our minds become absorbed in him.

22. “When we see the streams, hills and tracks in the forest-groves adorned with His footsteps, our mind and heart are lost into Him.

10.46.23

manye kṛṣṇaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca prāptāv iha surottamau /
surāṇāṃ mahad-arthāya gargasya vacanaṃ yathā //

I think that Kṛṣṇa and Rāma are the two foremost gods who have arrived here
for a great purpose of the gods, just as Garga spoke.

23. “As Garga observed, I believe that Krishna and Rama, the highest of the gods, have come down here to accomplish a great purpose of the celestials.

10.46.24

kaṃsaṃ nāgāyuta-prāṇaṃ mallau gaja-patiṃ yathā /
avadhiṣṭāṃ līlayaiva paśūn iva mṛgādhipaḥ //

They playfully killed Kaṃsa, who had the strength of ten thousand elephants, and the two wrestlers,
just as the king of beasts kills other animals, or an elephant leader kills its foes.

24. “For, even as the king of the beasts kills animals, they both playfully indeed put to death Kamsa, as strong as ten thousand elephants, the (two) wrestlers and that great elephant.

10.46.25

tāla-trayaṃ mahā-sāraṃ dhanur yaṣṭim ivebha-rāṭ /
babhañjaikena hastena saptāham adadhād girim //

With one hand he broke the very strong bow, three palm-trees long, like a lordly elephant snaps a reed,
and for seven days he held up the mountain.

25. “Like a great elephant He broke the bow of great weight and measuring three palmyra trees in height and with one hand held up the mountain for seven days.

10.46.26

pralambo dhenuko 'riṣṭas tṛṇāvarto bakādayaḥ /
daityāḥ surāsura-jito hatā yeneha līlayā //

Pralamba, Dhenuka, Ariṣṭa, Tṛṇāvarta, Baka and the rest—
those demons who had conquered gods and asuras were slain by him here in mere play."

26. “And by Him were playfully killed here Pralamba, Dhenuka, Arishta, Trinavarta, Baka, and other Daityas who were victorious over Suras and Asuras.”

10.46.27

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
iti saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya nandaḥ kṛṣṇānurakta-dhīḥ /
aty-utkaṇṭho 'bhavat tūṣṇīṃ prema-prasara-vihvalaḥ //

Śrī Śuka said:
Remembering thus again and again, his mind attached to Kṛṣṇa,
Nanda became deeply yearning, rendered silent and overwhelmed by an outpouring of love.

27. Sri Suka said:— Thus remembering over and over Krishna’s wonderful nature and work, Nanda, whose mind was taken up with love for Krishna, became so choked up and bewildered with the flood of his affectionate feelings (tears of joy) that he remained silent.

10.46.28

yaśodā varṇyamānāni putrasya caritāni ca /
śṛṇvanty aśrūṇy avāsrākṣīt sneha-snuta-payodharā //

And Yaśodā, listening to the deeds of her son being described,
shed tears, her breasts flowing with milk out of motherly affection.

28. Yasoda too listened to the description of her son’s great deeds and on account of her affection, milk flowed from her breast and tears from her eyes.

10.46.29

tayor itthaṃ bhagavati kṛṣṇe nanda-yaśodayoḥ /
vīkṣyānurāgaṃ paramaṃ nandam āhoddhavo mudā //

Beholding their supreme love for the Lord Kṛṣṇa—
that of both Nanda and Yaśodā—Uddhava joyfully said to Nanda:

29. Observing their extreme love to the glorious Krishna, Uddhava was glad to tell Nanda and Yasoda as follows;

10.46.30

/0 śrī-uddhava uvāca
yuvāṃ ślāghyatamau nūnaṃ dehinām iha māna-da /
nārāyaṇe 'khila-gurau yat kṛtā matir īdṛśī //

Śrī Uddhava said:
"You two are indeed the most praiseworthy of all embodied beings here, O honor-giver,
since you have fixed such devotion upon Nārāyaṇa, the guru of all.

30. Uddhava said:— “O respectable one, you too are certainly the most laudable of all that are born here with a body, for you have such conclusive knowledge of the greatness of Narayana, the father of all.

10.46.31

etau hi viśvasya ca bīja-yonī rāmo mukundaḥ puruṣaḥ pradhānam /
anvīya bhūteṣu vilakṣaṇasya jñānasya ceśāta imau purāṇau //

These two, Rāma and Mukunda, are indeed the seed and womb of the universe, the Puruṣa and Pradhāna;
pervading beings, they are the ancient masters of distinct consciousness.

31. “For these two indeed are the First Causes (the efficient and material) of the Universe, Balarama and Mukunda, being the Purusha and Matter: having entered into all beings, the two Ancient Lords rule the Jiva (the intelligent Being) distinguished in various ways and by points of difference.

10.46.32

yasmin janaḥ prāṇa-viyoga-kāle kṣanaṃ samāveśya mano 'viśuddham /
nirhṛtya karmāśayam āśu yāti parāṃ gatiṃ brahma-mayo 'rka-varṇaḥ //

If at the time of departing from life a person fixes his mind upon him for a moment, even if impure,
he casts off the store of past karma and quickly attains the supreme destination, full of Brahman and radiant like the sun.

32. “He is that Almighty Lord in whom any one, devoting his pure mind for a moment at the time of departing from life, gets rid of all touch of Karma at once, attains self-realisation, and be-

comes refulgent like the Sun and reaches the final goal.

10.46.33

tasmin bhavantāv akhilātma-hetau nārāyaṇe kāraṇa-martya-mūrtau /
bhāvaṃ vidhattāṃ nitarāṃ mahātman kiṃ vāvaśiṣṭaṃ yuvayoḥ su-kṛtyam //

In him, the cause of the self of all, in Nārāyaṇa who has assumed a mortal form for a cause,
you two have placed boundless devotional emotion, O noble one; what good deed is left for you to perform?

33. "Towards Him who is Narayana, the cause of all beings, and who for some purpose seems to be in a mortal form, you two cherish exceeding devotion, O high-souled one. Is there any meritorious thing yet to be done by you both?

10.46.34

āgamiṣyaty adīrgheṇa kālena vrajam acyutaḥ /
priyaṃ vidhāsyate pitror bhagavān sātvatāṃ patiḥ //

Acyuta will return to Vraja before long;
the Lord, master of the Sātvatas, will bring joy to his parents.

34. "At no distant date the glorious Achyuta, the Lord of Satvatas, will visit Vraja and do unto His parents what is most desired by them.

10.46.35

hatvā kaṃsaṃ raṅga-madhye pratīpaṃ sarva-sātvatām /
yad āha vaḥ samāgatya kṛṣṇaḥ satyaṃ karoti tat //

Having slain Kaṃsa in the midst of the arena, that adversary of all Sātvatas,
Kṛṣṇa will make true the promise he made upon coming to you.

35. "What, after slaying Kamsa, the enemy of Satvatas, Krishna told in the midst of all Satvatas on the arena, He will certainly fulfil.

10.46.36

mā khidyataṃ mahā-bhāgau drakṣyathaḥ kṛṣṇam antike /
antar hṛdi sa bhūtānām āste jyotir ivaidhasi //

Do not despair, O fortunate ones; you will see Kṛṣṇa nearby.
He resides within the heart of living beings like fire within firewood.

36. "Do not get troubled, O fortunate ones, you will see Krishna presently by your side: He is in the heart of all beings, even as fire in every piece of wood.

10.46.37

na hy asyāsti priyaḥ kaścin nāpriyo vāsty amāninaḥ /
nottamo nādhamo vāpi sa-mānasyāsamo 'pi vā //

For him, who is devoid of ego, no one is dear, nor is anyone disliked;
no one is superior or inferior, nor equal to him who looks upon all equally.

37. "Indeed there is none (highly) beloved of Him or who is not beloved of Him, for, He has no attachments and is equal to all: there is none superior or inferior or unequal, to Him who is equal (to all).

10.46.38

na mātā na pitā tasya na bhāryā na sutādayaḥ /
nātmīyo na paraś cāpi na deho janma eva ca //

He has no mother, no father, no wife, no sons or other relations;
none belongs to him, none is a stranger, nor does he have a physical body or birth.

38. "He has no mother, no father, no wife, no children, nor other relations whom He calls His own, or who is His enemy: He is not invested with a corporeal body and has no birth at all.

10.46.39

na cāsya karma vā loke sad-asan-miśra-yoniṣu /
krīḍārthaṃ so 'pi sādhūnāṃ paritrāṇāya kalpate //

Nor does he have any karma in this world across good, bad, or mixed wombs;
yet, for the purpose of play, he appears for the protection of the virtuous."

39. "He has no work to do in the world, through bodies born of good, bad or mixed classes; He only reveals Himself for the sake of sport and for the protection of the righteous.

10.46.40

sattvaṃ rajas tama iti bhajate nirguṇo guṇān /
krīḍann atīto 'pi guṇaiḥ sṛjaty avan hanty ajaḥ //

Though devoid of qualities, the unborn Lord assumes the qualities of purity, passion, and darkness;
playing, though transcending the qualities, He creates, preserves, and destroys through them.

40. "The Unborn Lord, though not touched or affected by the gunas, associates Himself with the gunas known as Satva, Rajas and Tamas and choosing to support, though He is far above all sport, He creates, protects and destroys by means of those gunas.

10.46.41

yathā bhramarikā-dṛṣṭyā bhrāmyatīva mahīyate /
citte kartari tatrātmā kartevāhaṃ-dhiyā smṛtaḥ //

Just as to the vision of one who is spinning round the earth itself seems to spin,
so when the mind is the active agent, the self within it is thought by ego-intellect to be the agent.

41. "Just as to the eye that is rolling, the whole earth seems to roll, so while the mind is active the Atman therein is taken to be an agent, by virtue of Ahankara.

10.46.42

yuvayor eva naivāyam ātmajo bhagavān hariḥ /
sarveṣām ātmajo hy ātmā pitā mātā sa īśvaraḥ //

This Lord Hari is not merely your son;
He is indeed the son, the self, the father, the mother, and the Lord of all.

42. "Not only to you, but to all, the glorious Hari is a son, a master, (Self), father, mother and the Supreme Ruler.

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dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ bhūta-bhavad-bhaviṣyat $ sthāsnuś cariṣṇur mahad alpakaṃ ca &

Whatever is seen or heard, past, present, or future, stationary or moving, vast or minute—

43. “There is no existence seen or heard of in the past, present or future, immobile or mobile, great or small, that can be said to be without the presence of Achyuta: He is the all and the real thing.

10.46.43

vinācyutād vastu tarāṃ na vācyaṃ % sa eva sarvaṃ paramātma-bhūtaḥ //

no entity at all can be spoken of apart from Acyuta; He alone is everything, existing as the Supreme Self.

10.46.44

evaṃ niśā sā bruvator vyatītā nandasya kṛṣṇānucarasya rājan /
gopyaḥ samutthāya nirūpya dīpān vāstūn samabhyarcya daudhīny amanthun //

In this way, O King, the night passed as Nanda and Kṛṣṇa's follower spoke together.
Rising, lighting lamps, and worshipping the household deities, the cowherd women churned the curds.

44. “The whole night thus passed away when Nanda and Krishna’s attendant were thus conversing, O king. The Gopis rose (early morning), stirred the lights, decorated and worshipped their threshold and churned the curd.

10.46.45

tā dīpa-dīptair maṇibhir virejū rajjūr vikarṣad-bhuja-kaṅkaṇa-srajaḥ /
calan-nitamba-stana-hāra-kuṇḍala- tviṣat-kapolāruṇa-kuṅkumānanāḥ //

They shone brightly with gems lit by the lamps, rows of bracelets on their arms as they pulled the ropes,
their faces flushed with red kuṅkuma on cheeks gleaming with earrings, while their hips, breasts, and necklaces moved.

45 & 46. With jewels made lustrous by the lights as they pulled to and fro the ropes of the churning rod with bracelets on their hands, with their hips and full breasts and wreaths of pearls shaken, the cheeks brightened by the radiance of their ear-rings and with their foreheads red with Kunkuma, they shone, the sound of the singing Vraja women who celebrated in loud vioce the deeds of Krishna of lotus-like eyes rose into the skies, mixed with the noise of their churning the curd, by which all inauspiciousness in every direction became dissipated.

10.46.46

udgāyatīnām aravinda-locanaṃ vrajāṅganānāṃ divam aspṛśad dhvaniḥ /
dadhnaś ca nirmanthana-śabda-miśrito nirasyate yena diśām amaṅgalam //

The sound of the women of Vraja loudly singing of the Lotus-eyed Lord touched heaven,
mingled with the sound of churning curds, by which the inauspiciousness of all directions is dispelled.

10.46.47

bhagavaty udite sūrye nanda-dvāri vrajaukasaḥ /
dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ śātakaumbhaṃ kasyāyam iti cābruvan //

When the blessed sun arose, the dwellers of Vraja, seeing a golden chariot
at the door of Nanda's house, said, "Whose is this?"

47. When the Sun rose, the residents of Vraja saw the golden car at the gates of Nanda’s mansion (Vraja) and enquired whose it was.

10.46.48

akrūra āgataḥ kiṃ vā yaḥ kaṃsasyārtha-sādhakaḥ /
yena nīto madhu-purīṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kamala-locanaḥ //

"Has Akrūra come, who accomplished Kaṃsa's purpose,
by whom the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa was taken away to Madhupurī?"

48. Has Akrura (again) come, who accomplished the purpose of Kamsa and by whom our Krishna of lotus-like eyes was taken to Mathura?

10.46.49

kiṃ sādhayiṣyaty asmābhir bhartuḥ prītasya niṣkṛtim /
tataḥ strīṇāṃ vadantīnām uddhavo 'gāt kṛtāhnikaḥ //

"Will he now accomplish with our bodies an offering of expiation for his pleased master?"
While the women were thus speaking, Uddhava arrived, having performed his morning rituals.

49. What purpose does he mean to gain by us? How does he mean to recompense us for separation from the Lord? When the women were talking like this, Uddhava came in after finishing his daily duties.