The Supreme Lord said: O Uddhava! On my order, go to Badarikāśrama. Purify yourself by sipping and bathing in the holy waters there, which have emanated from my lotus feet. O Uddhava! Among all my associate Yādavas, you are my very form, since you are equal to me. I have said: noddhavo ’ṇv api man-nyūno yad guṇair nārditaḥ prabhuḥ ato mad-vayunaṁ loka grāhayann iha tiṣṭhatu Uddhava is not less than me, because he is master of māyā and not at all lacking in any spiritual quality. He should remain on this earth, giving knowledge of me to the world. SB 3.4.31 Thus, what I can accomplish myself can also be done by you. Just as I sent you to Vraja, now I desire to send you to Badarikāśrama. My aṁśas Nara and Nārāyaṇa and other great sages desire to see me. Previously I have gone to Mithilā on earth, to Sutala in the lower realms and Vaikuṇṭha in the spiritual world, and stayed in those places, since Śrutadeva, Bahulāśva, Bali and the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha wanted to see me. They became satisfied by my presence and by my bestowal of knowledge. At this time however I cannot go to Badarikāśrama, since my limit of a hundred and twenty-five years for this avatāra is over. If you request that I give you instructions as you are now saying, this is my instruction. In this way Kṛṣṇa thought in his mind. Then he said audibly to Uddhava, “Go to Badarikāśrama.” O Uddhava! Because of the meaning of your name, you give a festival of joy to all people. [Note: Uddhava means a festival.] But now I have made arrangements so that you will give a very special festival to people because I have empowered you with special knowledge about me.