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When their sense had lost the balance by the poison of the Varuni the struggle (fight) amongst them became, after sunset, as violent as between bambooes. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.3) bhagavān svātma-māyāyā gatiṃ tām avalokya saḥ / sarasvatīm upaspṛśya vṛkṣa-mūlam upāviśat // > 3. The glorious Lord saw the course of His Maya, made achamana with the water of the Sarasvati and sat down under a tree. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.4) ahaṃ cokto bhagavatā prapannārti-hareṇa ha / badarīṃ tvaṃ prayāhīti sva-kulaṃ sañjihīrṣuṇā // > 4. And (already at Dwaraka) I had been asked to go to Badari by the Almighty Lord who removes the affliction of those that take shelter under Him—and who wished to put an end to His race. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.5) tathāpi tad-abhipretaṃ jānann aham arindama / pṛṣṭhato 'nvagamaṃ bhartuḥ pāda-viśleṣaṇākṣamaḥ // > 5. Still, O vanquisher of enemies! though I understood His will, I went after the Lord unable to bear separation from Him. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.6) adrākṣam ekam āsīnaṃ vicinvan dayitaṃ patim / śrī-niketaṃ sarasvatyāṃ kṛta-ketam aketanam // > 6. Searching for my (the) most beloved Lord, I found Him (Krishna), the abode of Sri, sitting alone on the (bank of the) Sarasvati, the Lord who does not depend upon anything else (lit. who has no abode). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.7) śyāmāvadātaṃ virajaṃ praśāntāruṇa-locanam / dorbhiś caturbhir viditaṃ pīta-kauśāmbareṇa ca // > 7. I saw the Lord who, in complexion, was a composite of blue and white, who was of suddha satva, whose eyes were reddish yet gentle and comforting, and who was distinguished by His four arms and by His golden clothes of silk. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.8) vāma ūrāv adhiśritya dakṣiṇāṅghri-saroruham / apāśritārbhakāśvattham akṛśaṃ tyakta-pippalam // > 8. The Lord who was sitting with His lotus-like right foot placed on the left thigh with His back against a young Aswattha tree, and who had not become thin (though practising self-denial). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.9) tasmin mahā-bhāgavato dvaipāyana-suhṛt-sakhā / lokān anucaran siddha āsasāda yadṛcchayā // > 9. Wandering through the world, by chance, came thither, the wise Maitreya, the great votary of the Lord, whose friend and well-wisher is Dwaipayana. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.10) tasyānuraktasya muner mukundaḥ pramoda-bhāvānata-kandharasya / āśṛṇvato mām anurāga-hāsa- samīkṣayā viśramayann uvāca // > 10. While that most devoted sage stood listening, with his head bent owing to joy and intense love, the Lord spoke to me, refreshing me with a long and smiling look full of love (mercy), \[with a long look bright with a loving smile\]. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.11) /0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca vedāham antar manasīpsitaṃ te dadāmi yat tad duravāpam anyaiḥ / satre purā viśva-sṛjāṃ vasūnāṃ mat-siddhi-kāmena vaso tvayeṣṭaḥ // > 11. The Lord said: Dwelling in thy heart, I know what thou desirest; and what I give thee cannot be obtained by others; (for), formerly, in a great sacrifice (Sattra), jointly performed by Prajapatis and Vasus, I was worshipped by thee with the desire of attaining unto Me. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.12) sa eṣa sādho caramo bhavānām āsāditas te mad-anugraho yat / yan māṃ nṛlokān raha utsṛjantaṃ diṣṭyā dadṛśvān viśadānuvṛttyā // > 12. O good soul, this is the last of births for thee, and in this My grace has been obtained by thee, since thou hast fortunately come to Me in sincere devotion and seen Me in this secluded spot when, unnoticed by others, I am about to leave these mortal regions. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.13) purā mayā proktam ajāya nābhye padme niṣaṇṇāya mamādi-sarge / jñānaṃ paraṃ man-mahimāvabhāsaṃ yat sūrayo bhāgavataṃ vadanti // > 13. Of old, in the beginning of creation, the supreme means of knowledge, which discovers to view all My glories, was imparted by Me to Brahma seated on the lotus in My navel, and the wise call it the Bhagavata. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.14) ity ādṛtoktaḥ paramasya puṃsaḥ pratikṣaṇānugraha-bhājano 'ham / snehottha-romā skhalitākṣaras taṃ muñcañ chucaḥ prāñjalir ābabhāṣe // > 14. Thus spoken to with kindness, I the (fortunate) recipient of the favour of the glorious glance of the Supreme Person, with my hair standing on end owing to love (towards Him,) and in faltering accents, and with flowing tears, and joined hands,—I said:— > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.15) ko nv īśa te pāda-saroja-bhājāṃ sudurlabho 'rtheṣu caturṣv apīha / tathāpi nāhaṃ pravṛṇomi bhūman bhavat-padāmbhoja-niṣevaṇotsukaḥ // > 15. Is there any among the four purposes of man that cannot be easily attained by those who worship Thy lotus-like feet? Still, O Perfect One, I do not ask for them, (since) I am eager only to worship Thy lotus-like feet. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.16) karmāṇy anīhasya bhavo 'bhavasya te durgāśrayo 'thāri-bhayāt palāyanam / kālātmano yat pramadā-yutāśramaḥ svātman-rateḥ khidyati dhīr vidām iha // > 16. That there are actions done by Thee that hast nothing to achieve, that there is a birth for Thee that art unborn that Thou who art the ruler of Time betakest Thyself to strongholds and runnest away for fear of the enemy and that Thou who rejoicest in Thine own self (essential blissfulness) weddest Thyself to ten thousand beauties—by these even the mind of the enlightened is severely tried (bewildered). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.17) mantreṣu māṃ vā upahūya yat tvam akuṇṭhitākhaṇḍa-sadātma-bodhaḥ / pṛccheḥ prabho mugdha ivāpramattas tan no mano mohayatīva deva // > 17. O God, it puzzles our minds (to think) that Thou, whose pure and essential power of understanding is perfect and unaffected, shouldst call me and consult me in the considerations > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > of the council, as an ignorant man would do, though thou art never careless or ignorant. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.18) jñānaṃ paraṃ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṃ provāca kasmai bhagavān samagram / api kṣamaṃ no grahaṇāya bhartar vadāñjasā yad vṛjinaṃ tarema // > 18. That supreme knowledge which is powerful enough to discover Thine own mysterious nature, Thou the glorious Lord completely taughtest to Brahma; be pleased to tell us of it clearly, O Lord, if it is fit to be received by us, so that we may thereby get over the misery (of Samsara.) > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.19) ity āvedita-hārdāya mahyaṃ sa bhagavān paraḥ / ādideśāravindākṣa ātmanaḥ paramāṃ sthitim // > 19. On me who thus revealed my mind, the supreme and glorious Lord of Lotus-like eyes conferred an insight into His own nature. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.20) sa evam ārādhita-pāda-tīrthād adhīta-tattvātma-vibodha-mārgaḥ / praṇamya pādau parivṛtya devam ihāgato 'haṃ virahāturātmā // > 20. (Being so fortunate) as to learn the means of the true knowledge of the real Atman, from a Master and preceptor who is no other than Mukunda of worshipful feet, I bowed to His feet and went round Him, and I have come here with a heart distressed at the separation. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.21) so 'haṃ tad-darśanāhlāda- viyogārti-yutaḥ prabho / gamiṣye dayitaṃ tasya badaryāśrama-maṇḍalam // > 21. Full of joy for having seen Him and grieved at the separation I shall go in this state to the tract of the hermitage known as Badari, a favourite spot of the Lord. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.22) yatra nārāyaṇo devo naraś ca bhagavān ṛṣiḥ / mṛdu tīvraṃ tapo dīrghaṃ tepāte loka-bhāvanau // > 22. Badari where the glorious Lord Narayana and Nara the glorious Rishi, the two that confer blessings on the world are engaged in Tapas, which is gentle and yet hard and long (\*i.e.\* which will extend to the end of Kalpa). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.23) /0 śrī-śuka uvāca ity uddhavād upākarṇya suhṛdāṃ duḥsahaṃ vadham / jñānenāśamayat kṣattā śokam utpatitaṃ budhaḥ // > 23. Sri Suka said:— Having thus heard from Uddhava of the unbearable (news of the) end of his friends (and kinsmen) the wise Vidura by force of wisdom suppressed the grief that burst out. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.24) sa taṃ mahā-bhāgavataṃ vrajantaṃ kauravarṣabhaḥ / viśrambhād abhyadhattedaṃ mukhyaṃ kṛṣṇa-parigrahe // > 24. Vidura, the foremost among the Kauravas, with confidence spoke (as follows) to him (Uddhava) the great votary of Krishna who was about to leave (him). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.25) /0 vidura uvāca jñānaṃ paraṃ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṃ yad āha yogeśvara īśvaras te / vaktuṃ bhavān no 'rhati yad dhi viṣṇor bhṛtyāḥ sva-bhṛtyārtha-kṛtaś caranti // > 25. Vidura said :—“Be pleased to tell me of the high precept of knowledge which the Lord of Yoga, the ruler of all imparted to you as the means of knowing His own mysterious nature; for the votaries of Vishnu go about in order to do what His servants need, (to do good to His servants). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.26) /0 uddhava uvāca nanu te tattva-saṃrādhya ṛṣiḥ kauṣāravo 'ntike / sākṣād bhagavatādiṣṭo martya-lokaṃ jihāsatā // > 26. Uddhava said :—“Well, by Sri Krishna Himself, when about to leave the mortal world, the Rishi Maitreya was commanded in my presence to be your preceptor \[lit to be one whom you should wait upon for the knowledge of truth.\] > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.27) /0 śrī-śuka uvāca iti saha vidureṇa viśva-mūrter guṇa-kathayā sudhayā plāvitorutāpaḥ / kṣaṇam iva puline yamasvasus tāṃ samuṣita aupagavir niśāṃ tato 'gāt // > 27. Sri Suka said :—Thus in the company of Vidura Uddhava had his grief soothed by the nectar of conversation on the excellent attributes of the all-pervading Lord, passed that night as if it were a moment, on the bank of the Yamuna and thence he went away towards (Badari). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.28) /0 rājovāca nidhanam upagateṣu vṛṣṇi-bhojeṣv adhiratha-yūthapa-yūthapeṣu mukhyaḥ / sa tu katham avaśiṣṭa uddhavo yad dharir api tatyaja ākṛtiṃ tryadhīśaḥ // > 28. The king said:—When the Vrishnis and Bhojas (all) thus passed away and even the Lord of the three (Purushas, \*i.e.\*, Brahma and others) cast off the (mortal) form, how was it that Uddhava, chief among the great leaders of great warriors, was alone left alive? > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.29) /0 śrī-śuka uvāca brahma-śāpāpadeśena kālenāmogha-vāñchitaḥ / saṃhṛtya sva-kulaṃ sphītaṃ tyakṣyan deham acintayat // > 29. Sri Suka said :—When, by force of time and by an apparent cause in the form of the Brahman’s curse He thought of ending His race and of throwing off His (mortal) form, the Lord whose will never proves futile, reflected (thus) : > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.30) asmāl lokād uparate mayi jñānaṃ mad-āśrayam / arhaty uddhava evāddhā sampraty ātmavatāṃ varaḥ // > 30. Now when I withdraw Myself from the world, only Uddhava the best of those that have self-realisation deserves (to receive) the knowledge which (relates to Me, in My possession). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.31) noddhavo 'ṇv api man-nyūno yad guṇair nārditaḥ prabhuḥ / ato mad-vayunaṃ lokaṃ grāhayann iha tiṣṭhatu // > 31. Uddhava is nothing less than Myself, since he is a master unassailed by the gunas (by the worldly objects and interests), and so let him remain imparting to the world the knowledge regarding Myself. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.32) evaṃ tri-loka-guruṇā sandiṣṭaḥ śabda-yoninā / badaryāśramam āsādya harim īje samādhinā // > 32. Thus commissioned by the Lord of the three worlds, and the author of the Vedas, Uddhava went to Badari and there worshipped (propitiated) Hari by means of deep meditation. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.33) viduro 'py uddhavāc chrutvā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ / krīḍayopātta-dehasya karmāṇi ślāghitāni ca // > 33. On hearing from Uddhava of the praiseworthy (glorious) deeds of Sri Krishna who is the Paramatman and who out of sport (Leela) assumed the human form. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.34) deha-nyāsaṃ ca tasyaivaṃ dhīrāṇāṃ dhairya-vardhanam / anyeṣāṃ duṣkarataraṃ paśūnāṃ viklavātmanām // > 34. And of His thus leaving the body, which promotes courage on the part of the wise and which is impossible to be understood aright by others who are animals of feeble minds. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.35) ātmānaṃ ca kuru-śreṣṭha kṛṣṇena manasekṣitam / dhyāyan gate bhāgavate ruroda prema-vihvalaḥ // > 35. And of the fact that he was remembered by Sri Krishna, he (Vidura) contemplated Him, and, on the departure of the Lord's great votary (Uddhava), wept bitterly, bewildered by feelings of affection and love. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ### [3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.3.4.36) kālindyāḥ katibhiḥ siddha ahobhir bharatarṣabha / prāpadyata svaḥ-saritaṃ yatra mitrā-suto muniḥ // > 36. Vidura who was already possessed of wisdom, journeyed from the Yamuna, and in a few days reached the river of immortals, where the sage (the son of Mitra), was found (by him). > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.3.4.p2) — S. 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