Text 22] Vidura Approaches Maitreya 139

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 Badarikasrama 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 unen-
gaged 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 Badarikaérama
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
UT ARAM Sal ATT WAAAY: |
ag ath an dtd aad ateraat 122!
yatra naradyano devo
naras ca bhagavan rsih

mrdu tivram tapo dirgharn
tepate loka-bhavanau

yatra—where; narayanah—the Personality of Godhead; devah—by incar-
nation; narah—human being; ca—also; bhagavan—the Lord ;rsih—great sage;
mrdu—amiable to everyone; tivram—severe; tapah—penance; dirgham—very
long; tepate—performing; loka-bhavanau— welfare of all living entities.

TRANSLATION

There in Badarikasrama the Personality of Godhead, in His incarnation
as the sages Nara and Narayana, has been undergoing great penance since
time immemorial for the welfare of all amiable living entities.

PURPORT

Badarikasrama on the Himalayas, the abode of the Nara-Narayana sages,
is a great place of pilgrimage for the Hindus. Even up to the present,
