Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 3
Uddhava’s Remembrance of Kṛṣṇa and the Theology of the Lord’s Disappearance
स कथं सेवया तस्य कालेन जरसं गत: । पृष्टो वार्तां प्रतिब्रूयाद्भर्तु: पादावनुस्मरन् ॥ ३ ॥
sa kathaṁ sevayā tasya kālena jarasaṁ gataḥ pṛṣṭo vārtāṁ pratibrūyād bhartuḥ pādāv anusmaran
优陀婆自幼便不断侍奉主，至老年那份侍奉之心亦未曾松弛。有人问及主的讯息时，他立刻忆起主的莲足，心神尽沉其中。
Transcendental service to the Lord is not mundane. The service attitude of the devotee gradually increases and never becomes slackened. Generally, in old age a person is allowed retirement from mundane service. But in the transcendental service of the Lord there is no retirement at all; on the contrary, the service attitude increases more and more with the progress of age. In the transcendental service there is no satiation, and therefore there is no retirement. Materially, when a man becomes tired by rendering service in his physical body, he is allowed retirement, but in the transcendental service there is no feeling of fatigue because it is spiritual service and is not on the bodily plane. Service on the bodily plane dwindles as the body grows older, but the spirit is never old, and therefore on the spiritual plane the service is never tiresome.
FAQs
This verse portrays constant remembrance of the Lord’s feet as so absorbing that even ordinary conversation becomes difficult—showing the depth of bhakti rooted in loving service.
Because he was overwhelmed by devotion and separation, continuously meditating on his Lord’s lotus feet, making worldly speech secondary to inner remembrance.
Keep daily practices that anchor the mind in Krishna—japa, hearing Bhagavatam, and mindful service—so remembrance gradually becomes natural even amid duties.