तन्निरीक्ष्योद्धवो राजन् श्रुत्वा भगवतोदितम् । दृष्ट्वारिष्टानि घोराणि नित्यं कृष्णमनुव्रत: ॥ ४० ॥ विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य जगतामीश्वरेश्वरम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा पादौ प्राञ्जलिस्तमभाषत ॥ ४१ ॥
tan nirīkṣyoddhavo rājan śrutvā bhagavatoditam dṛṣṭvāriṣṭāni ghorāṇi nityaṁ kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ vivikta upasaṅgamya jagatām īśvareśvaram praṇamya śirasā pādau prāñjalis tam abhāṣata
- tat
- that
- nirīkṣya
- seeing
- uddhavaḥ
- Uddhava
- rājan
- O King
- śrutvā
- hearing
- bhagavatā
- by the Lord
- uditam
- what had been said
- dṛṣṭvā
- observing
- ariṣṭāni
- evil omens
- ghorāṇi
- fearful
- nityam
- always
- kṛṣṇam
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- anuvrataḥ
- a faithful follower
- vivikte
- in privacy
- upasaṅgamya
- approaching
- jagatām
- of all the moving creatures within the universe
- īśvara
- of the controllers
- īśvaram
- the one supreme controller
- praṇamya
- bowing down
- śirasā
- with his head
- pādau
- at His feet
- prāñjaliḥ
- with hands folded in submission
- tam
- to Him
- abhāṣata
- spoke
My dear King, Uddhava was a constantly faithful follower of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Upon seeing the imminent departure of the Yādavas, hearing from them of the Lord’s instructions and taking note of the fearful omens, he approached the Personality of Godhead in a private place. He bowed down with his head at the lotus feet of the supreme controller of the universe and with folded hands addressed Him as follows.