Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 6 Verses 40-41

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 6: The Yadu Dynasty Retires to Prabhāsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.6.40-41

tan nirīkṣyoddhavo rājan

śrutvā bhagavatoditam

dṛṣṭvāriṣṭāni ghorāṇi

nityaḿ kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ

vivikta upasańgamya

jagatām īśvareśvaram

praṇamya śirisā pādau

prāñjalis tam abhāṣata

SYNONYMS

tat — that; nirīkṣya — seeing; uddhavaḥ — Uddhava; rājan — O King; śrutvā — hearing; bhagavatā — by the Lord; uditam — what had been said; dṛṣṭvā — observing; ariṣṭāni — evil omens; ghorāṇi — fearful; nityam — always; kṛṣṇam — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; anuvrataḥ — a faithful follower; vivikte — in privacy; upasańgamya — approaching; jagatām — of all the moving creatures within the universe; īśvara — of the controllers; īśvaram — the one supreme controller; praṇamya — bowing down; śirasā — with his head; pādau — at His feet; prāñjaliḥ — with hands folded in submission; tam — to Him; abhāṣata — spoke.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, Uddhava was a constantly faithful follower of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Upon seeing the imminent departure of the Yādavas, hearing from them of the Lord's instructions and taking note of the fearful omens, he approached the Personality of Godhead in a private place. He bowed down with his head at the lotus feet of the supreme controller of the universe and with folded hands addressed Him as follows.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī there cannot be any actual disturbance in the Lord's own abode. The great disasters apparently occurring in Dvārakā were an external show created by the Lord to facilitate His pastimes. We can understand the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa only by hearing from the recognized ācāryas. Lord Kṛṣṇa is not a mundane historical figure, and His activities cannot be confined within the tiny limits of material logic. Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes are an exhibition of His acintya-śakti, or inconceivable potency, which functions according to higher, spiritual laws, unknown to the blind conditioned souls and their petty material logic.

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