152 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 4
TEXT 32
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evam tri-loka-guruna
sandistah sabda-yonina
badaryasramam asadya
harim ije samadhina

evam—thus; tri-loka—three worlds; guruna—by the spiritual master;
sandistah—being perfectly taught; sabda-yonina—by one who is the source
of all Vedic knowledge; badarya-asramam—in the pilgrimage site of
Badarikasrama; asadya—reaching; harim—unto the Lord; tje—satisfied;
samadhina—by trance.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami informed the King that Uddhava, being thus in-
structed 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 Badarikasrama and engaged himself there in trance to
satisfy the Lord.

PURPORT

Lord Sri Krsna is factually the spiritual master of the three worlds, and
He is the original source of all Vedic knowledge. It is very difficult, how-
ever, 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-gita is
the evidence of such transcendental knowledge in gist. One cannot know
the Supreme Lord unless one is graced by the Lord Himself. Lord Krgna
exhibited this specific mercy towards Arjuna and Uddhava while He was in
the material world.

Undoubtedly. Bhagavad-gita was spoken by the Lord on the Battlefield
of Kuruksetra just to encourage Arjuna to fight, and yet to complete the
transcendental knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, the Lord instructed Uddhava.
The Lord wanted Uddhava to fulfill His mission and disseminate knowl-
edge which He had not even spoken in Bhagavad-gita. 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
