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[Canto 3, Ch. 4]
eternal, and therefore one should not conclude that the Yadus and Bhojas died in a drunken state in an ordinary fratricidal war. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī comments on these incidences as magical performances.
TEXT 4
अहं चोक्तो भगवता प्रपन्नार्तिहरेण ह । बदरीं त्वं प्रयाहीति स्वकुलं संजिहीर्षुणा ॥ ४ ॥
aham cokto bhagavatā prapannārtihareṇa ha badarīm tvam prayāhīti sva-kulam sañjihīrṣuṇa
aham—I; ca—and; uktaḥ—was told; bhagavatā—by the Supreme Lord; prapanna—of the surrendered; arti-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; sañjihīrṣuṇā—by desiring to destroy.
TRANSLATION
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 Badarīkāśrama.
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 Badarīkāśrama 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.
TEXT 5
अथापि तदभिप्रेतं जानन्नहमरिन्दम । पृष्ठतोऽन्वगमं भर्तुः पादविश्लेषणाक्षमः ॥ ५ ॥
tathāpi tad-abhipretam jānan naham arindama prṣṭhato 'nvagamam bhartuḥ pāda-viśleṣaṇākṣamaḥ