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Vidura Approaches Maitreya
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TRANSLATION
My dear Vidura, now I am mad for want of the pleasure of seeing Him, and just to mitigate this I am now proceeding to Badarikāśrama in the Himalayas for association, as I have been instructed by Him.
PURPORT
A pure devotee of the Lord of the standard of Uddhava constantly associates with the Lord in the double perception of simultaneous separation and meeting. The pure devotee is not for a moment unengaged in the transcendental service of the Lord. Execution of the Lord's service is the main occupation of the pure devotee. Uddhava's separation from the Lord was unbearable, and therefore he started to Badarikāśrama in obedience to the Lord's order because the order of the Lord and the Lord Himself are identical. As long as one is engaged in the execution of the order of the Lord, there is no factual separation from Him.
TEXT 22
यत्र नारायणो देवो नरश्च भगवानृषिः । मृदु तीव्रं तपो दीर्घं तेषाते लोकभावनौ ॥२२॥
yatra nārāyaṇo devo naraś ca bhagavān rṣiḥ mṛdu tīvram tapo dīrgham tepāte loka-bhāvanau
yatra —where;  nārāyaṇaḥ —the Personality of Godhead;  devaḥ —by incarnation;  naraḥ —human being;  ca —also;  bhagavān —the Lord;  rṣiḥ —great sage;  mṛdu —amiable to everyone;  tīvram —severe;  tapaḥ —penance;  dīrgham —very long;  tepāte —performing;  loka-bhāvanau —welfare of all living entities.
TRANSLATION
There in Badarikāśrama the Personality of Godhead, in His incarnation as the sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa, has been undergoing great penance since time immemorial for the welfare of all amiable living entities.
PURPORT
Badarikāśrama on the Himalayas, the abode of the Nara-Nārāyaṇa sages, is a great place of pilgrimage for the Hindus. Even up to the present,