SB 11.07.01 – The Lord solaces us in his absence through his message

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Srimad Bhagavatam 11.7.1 This is the beginning verse of the Uddhava Gita. Lord Krishna has arranged by His own inconceivable and extraordinary plan to free the world from the Yadus, and Uddhava has recognized this extraordinary desire of the Lord, and has pointed out, so Lord is agreeing over here, and this is the context for the Uddhava Gita, that Uddhava is devastated to see in one stroke practically all his loved ones being ripped away from him, the whole Varka Vamsha is lost, and Krishna is also going to depart.
At that time, Krishna gives solace to Uddhava by revealing His instructions to him through the Uddhava Gita. So, when He reveals these instructions, this is going to demonstrate how the Lord is non-different from His instructions, and how in His absence, His instructions can solace and strengthen us. So the Lord begins by Yad Aatmaha Mahabhaga Yad Aatmaha What you have spoken about Me, O Mahabhaga, actually Uddhava is feeling himself extremely unfortunate, that all the associates of the Lord are going back with the Lord to the spiritual world, but He alone is not able to go back.
Yet the Lord is telling him, Mahabhaga, what is the Bhagya? The Bhagya is that He is a devotee, not only is he a devotee, he has got the wealth of the greatest devotion. In fact, Uddhava is so fortunate that he is among the very few persons, few devotees, who understand and participate in both Vraja Leela and Dwarka Leela. The only other participants in both are Balramji and to some extent Rohini, who was in Vrindavan when Krishna’s childhood passed and then came to Dwarka.
So Uddhava is to be a devotee itself is fortunate, but to be a devotee as exalted Uddhava to be able to participate in both pastimes of both of the most exalted pastimes of the Lord is extraordinary and Uddhava is relishing this fortune and the Lord is reminding him Mahabhaga you are greatly fortunate. So what I have been desiring to execute is what I am desiring to execute is in accordance with the plan of the universal controllers. So Brahma, Bhavo, Lokapalaha.
Brahmaji is the supreme law, is Brahma the creator. We have Bhavo is Shiva and Lokapala are the great administrators of the universe. They are all urging me to return back.
They are all urging me to go back to where I have come from, that is the spiritual world. So actually when the Lord comes to this world, although He is above the Devatas and He is their supreme Lord, which is also acknowledged by the Devatas in various ways, yet the Lord respects their jurisdiction, their authority. Now often it is that the Devatas beseech Vishnu for help and then the Lord comes as incarnation and similarly when those who have asked Him for help, when they feel that the mission has been executed, then they request the Lord, now it is the time for you to return back to the spiritual world and then the Lord returns.
So the Lord, although He is the supreme controller in the material world, when He comes as an avatar, He acts according to what the universal controllers, the various Devatas see. So that’s why He is saying that that is their plan and that is my plan also, Uddhava. So accept that plan.
In general it is very difficult for us to think of what may be the plan of the Lord and to cooperate with that plan. To be able to cooperate with that plan of the Lord, what we need most importantly is humility. To recognize that Krishna’s intelligence is far greater than ours, Krishna’s benevolence is far greater than ours and whatever He does is for our far greater good than what we could ourselves plan about.
So although this Krishna’s departure is going to be a devastating event for Uddhava, but because the Lord is going to instruct him, He’s going to Himself get this magnificent body of wisdom, Uddhavita, and through Him the world is going to be blessed by that. So often when we are trying to practice devotional service, especially focus the mind on Krishna, we may also feel disturbed or even devastated by the many things that seem to be going wrong around us. But by remembering the Lord is present with instructions and the Lord has a plan which is operating at all times, we can put our consciousness in Krishna so that rather than bothering about how things are going wrong, we can focus on how we can do what is right for us within the plan of the