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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 4]
TEXT 28
राजोवाच
निधनमुपगतेषु वृणिमोजे- 
  व्यधिरययूयपयूयपेषु मुख्यः । 
  स तु कथमवशिष्ट उद्धवो यद्धरि- 
  रपि तत्यज आकृतिं त्र्यधीशः ॥२८॥
rājovāca  
 nidhanam upagateṣu vṛṣṇi-bhojeṣu  
 adhiratha-yūthapa-yūthapeṣu mukhyaḥ  
 sa tu katham avaśiṣṭa uddhavo yadd harir  
 api tatyaja ākṛtim tryadhīśaḥ
śrī rājā uvāca—the King inquired;  nidhanam —destruction;  upagateṣu —having overtaken;  vṛṣṇi —of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty;  bhojeṣu —the Bhoja dynasty;  adhiratha —great commander;  yūthapa —commander-in-chief;  yūthapeṣu —amongst them;  mukhyaḥ —prominent;  saḥ —he;  tu —only;  katham —how;  avaśiṣṭaḥ —remained;  uddhavaḥ —Uddhava;  yat —whereas;  hariḥ —the Personality of Godhead;  api —also;  tatyaje —finished;  ākṛtim —complete pastimes;  tri-adhīśaḥ —the Lord of the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
The King inquired: At the end of the pastimes of the Lord of the three worlds, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and after the disappearance of the members of the Vṛṣṇi and Bhoja dynasties, who were the best of the great commanders, why did Uddhava alone remain?
PURPORT
According to Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī,  nidhanam  means the transcendental abode of the Lord.  Ni  means the highest, and  dhanam  means opulence. And because the abode of the Lord is the highest manifestation of transcendental opulence, His abode can therefore be called  nidhanam . Apart from the grammatical elucidation, the real purpose of the word  nidhanam  is to indicate that all the members of the Vṛṣṇi and Bhoja dynasties were direct associates of the Lord, and after the end of His pastimes, all the associates were dispatched to their respective positions in the transcendental abode.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākur elucidates the meaning of  ākṛtim  as pastimes.  Ā  means complete, and  kṛtim  means transcendental pastimes.