146 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 4
TEXT 28
tata
f: bs are rt a
eahaaaagy = yey |
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ag Tanahee saat agit
wh aa raft sata: Rl!
rajovaca
nidhanam upagatesu vursit-bhojesv
adhiratha-yuthapa-yuthapesu mukhyah
sa tu katham avasista uddhavo yadd harir
api tatyaja akrtim tryadhisah
Sri rdjd uvaca—the King inquired; nidhanam—destruction; upagatesu—
having overtaken; vrsni—of the Vrsni dynasty; bhojesu—the Bhoja dynasty;
adhiratha—great commander; yuthapa—commander-in-chief; yuithapesu—
amongst them; mukhyah—prominent; sak—he; tu—only; katham—how;
avasistah—remained; uddhavah—Uddhava; yat— whereas; harih—the Person-
ality of Godhead; api—also; tatyaje—finished; akrtim—complete pastimes;
tri-adhigsah—the Lord of the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
The King inquired: At the end of the pastimes of the Lord of the three
worlds, Sri Krsna, and after the disappearance of the members of the
Vrsni and Bhoja dynasties, who were the best of the great commanders,
why did Uddhava alone remain?
PURPORT
According to Sri Jiva Gosvami, 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 Vrsni 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.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur elucidates the meaning of akrtim as
pastimes. A means complete, and krtim means transcendental pastimes.
