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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 4 ]
TEXT 32
एवं त्रिलोकगुरुणा सन्दिष्टः शब्दयोनिना । 
  बदर्याश्रममासाद्य हरिमीजे समाधिना ॥३२॥
evam tri-loka-guruṇā 
  sandiṣṭaḥ śabda-yoninā 
  badaryāśramam āsādya 
  harim īje samādhinā
evam—thus; tri-loka—three worlds; guruṇā—by the spiritual master; sandiṣṭaḥ—being perfectly taught; śabda-yoninā—by one who is the source of all Vedic knowledge; badaryāśramam—in the pilgrimage site of Badarikāśrama; āsādya—reaching; harim—unto the Lord; īje—satisfied; samādhinā—by trance.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī  informed the King that Uddhava, being thus instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the source of all Vedic knowledge and the spiritual master of the three worlds, reached the pilgrimage site of Badarikāśrama and engaged himself there in trance to satisfy the Lord.
PURPORT
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is factually the spiritual master of the three worlds, and He is the original source of all Vedic knowledge. It is very difficult, however, to understand the personal feature of the Absolute Truth, even from the  Vedas . His personal instructions are needed in order to understand the Personality of Godhead as the Supreme Absolute Truth.  Bhagavad-gītā  is the evidence of such transcendental knowledge in gist. One cannot know the Supreme Lord unless one is graced by the Lord Himself. Lord Kṛṣṇa exhibited this specific mercy towards Arjuna and Uddhava while He was in the material world.
Undoubtedly.  Bhagavad-gītā  was spoken by the Lord on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra just to encourage Arjuna to fight, and yet to complete the transcendental knowledge of  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord instructed Uddhava. The Lord wanted Uddhava to fulfill His mission and disseminate knowledge which He had not even spoken in  Bhagavad-gītā . Persons who are attached to the words of the  Vedas  may also know from this verse that the Lord is the source of all Vedic knowledge. One who is unable to