Shloka 6
Uddhava’s Departure to Badarikāśrama and Vidura’s Turn Toward Maitreya
अद्राक्षमेकमासीनं विचिन्वन् दयितं पतिम् । श्रीनिकेतं सरस्वत्यां कृतकेतमकेतनम् ॥ ६ ॥
adrākṣam ekam āsīnaṁ vicinvan dayitaṁ patim śrī-niketaṁ sarasvatyāṁ kṛta-ketam aketanam
Ainsi, Le suivant et cherchant mon bien-aimé maître, je vis Śrī Kṛṣṇa—demeure de Śrī—assis seul sur la rive de la Sarasvatī, plongé dans une profonde méditation.
Those who are in the renounced order of life often take shelter underneath a tree. The Lord was found by Uddhava in that condition of taking shelter as do persons who have no shelter. Because He is the proprietor of everything, everywhere is His shelter, and everywhere is under His shelter. The entire material and spiritual cosmic manifestation is sustained by Him, and therefore He is the shelter of everything. So there was nothing astonishing in His taking shelter in the way of the unsheltered who are in the renounced order of life.
FAQs
This verse portrays Uddhava alone and searching for his beloved Lord, showing that a devotee’s longing for Krishna is itself a powerful, purifying expression of bhakti.
Vidura honors Uddhava as spiritually most fortunate—one who carries the Lord’s grace—because his life is centered on Krishna, even while living without worldly shelter.
Cultivate sincere remembrance of God even amid loneliness or uncertainty—turn solitude into purposeful spiritual seeking rather than distraction.