Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.4
అహం చోక్తో భగవతా ప్రపన్నార్తిహరేణ హ ।
బదరీం త్వం ప్రయాహీతి స్వకులం సంజిహీర్షుణా ॥ ౪ ॥
ahaṁ cokto bhagavatā
[aham chokto bhagavataa]
prapannārti-hareṇa ha
[prapannaarti-harena ha]
badarīṁ tvaṁ prayāhīti
[badareem tvam prayaaheeti]
sva-kulaṁ saṣjihīrṣuṇā
[sva-kulam sashjiheershunaa]
Word-for-word
aham
—
I
ca
—
and
uktaḥ
—
was told
bhagavatā
—
by the Supreme Lord
prapanna
—
of the surrendered
ārti-hareṇa
—
by He who is the vanquisher of the distresses
ha
—
indeed
badarīm
—
to Badarī
tvam
—
you
prayāhi
—
should go
iti
—
thus
sva-kulam
—
His own family
saṣjihīrṣuṇā
—
who desired to destroy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ahaṁ cokto bhagavatā
aham
I
ca
and
uktaḥ
was told
bhagavatā
by the Supreme Lord
prapannārti-hareṇa ha
prapanna
of the surrendered
ārti-hareṇa
by He who is the vanquisher of the distresses
ha
indeed
badarīṁ tvaṁ prayāhīti
badarīm
to Badarī
tvam
you
prayāhi
should go
iti
thus
sva-kulaṁ saṣjihīrṣuṇā
sva-kulam
His own family
saṣjihīrṣuṇā
who desired to destroy.
The Lord is the vanquisher of the distresses of one who is surrendered unto Him. Thus He who desired to destroy His family told me previously to go to Badarikāśrama.
Purport
While at Dvārakā, Uddhava was warned to avoid the distresses which were to follow the disappearance of the Lord and the destruction of the Yadu dynasty. He was advised to proceed to Badarikāśrama because there he could associate with the devotees of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and in their association of devotional service he could increase his eagerness for chanting, hearing, knowledge and detachment.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord, who dispels sorrow in his devotees, desiring to withdraw his family from the vision of the world, said to me, “Go to Badarikāśrama.”
The Lord spoke to me previously, at Dvārakā. He also remained there in another form (aprakaṭa). The word ca indicates that Uddhava was sent to the Sarasvatī River, where Kṛṣṇa also spoke to him. The reasons for the Lord speaking to him are given. The first reason is that the Lord wanted to remove the suffering of separation of Uddhava, who was surrendered to the Lord (prapannārti-hareṇa). The second reason is that the Lord would relieve the pain in the form of longing (ārti) to hear about bhakti, jṣāna, vairāgya and the Lord’s pastimes of those living in Badarikāśrama, who were also surrendered to the Lord, such as the Lord’s portion Nara-nārāyaṇa, by what he would speak to Uddhava, as expressed at the end of this chapter: .
asmāl lokād uparate mayi jṣānaṁ mad-āśrayam
arhaty uddhava evāddhā sampraty ātmavatāṁ varaḥ
Now I shall leave the vision of this world, and I see that Uddhava, the foremost of my devotees, is the only one who can be directly entrusted with knowledge about me. SB 3.4.30
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