Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.36

mā khidyataḿ mahā-bhāgau

drakṣyathaḥ kṛṣṇam antike

antar hṛdi sa bhūtānām

āste jyotir ivaidhasi

SYNONYMS

khidyatam — please do not lament; mahā-bhāgauO most fortunate ones; drakṣyathaḥ — you will see; kṛṣṇamKṛṣṇa; antikein the near future; antaḥ — within; hṛdi — the hearts; saḥHe; bhūtānām — of all living beings; āste — is present; jyotiḥ — fire; iva — just as; edhasi — within firewood.

TRANSLATION

O most fortunate ones, do not lament. You will see Kṛṣṇa again very soon. He is present in the hearts of all living beings, just as fire lies dormant in wood.

PURPORT

Uddhava understood that Nanda and Yaśodā were very impatient to see Kṛṣṇa, and thus he reassured them that Śrī Kṛṣṇa would come soon.

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