Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 19-21 – April 24, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 19-21

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca

uddhavo ’tyanta-sambhrānto

drutam utthāya tat-padau

nidhāyāṅke samāliṅgya

tasyābhipretya hṛd-gatam

hṛt-prāpta-bhagavat-tat-tat-

prasāda-bhara-bhāg-janaḥ

tadīya-prema-sampatti-

vibhava-smṛti-yantritaḥ

rodanair vivaśo dīno

yatnād dhairyaṁ śrito munim

avadhāpyāha mātsaryāt

sāttvikāt pramudaṁ gataḥ

TRANSLATION

Śrī Parīkṣit said: Impelled by great respect for Nārada, Uddhava suddenly stood up, held Nārada’s feet, and embraced them. Aware of what Nārada was thinking, Uddhava remembered many devotees who had received the Lord’s special favor. As Uddhava meditated on those devotees, their love for the Lord, and the wealth of their loving ecstasies, he felt distress, thinking himself fallen, and cried helplessly. Only with some effort was he able to regain his composure. Then he became joyful and spoke to the sage, moved by the sāttvika emotion of jealousy.