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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- iti saha vidureṇa viśva-mūrter
- guṇa-kathayā sudhayā plāvitorutāpaḥ
- kṣaṇam iva puline yamasvasus tāṁ
- samuṣita aupagavir niśāṁ tato 'gāt
śrīŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said-śukaḥŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; itithus — thus; sahaalong with — along with; vidureṇaVidura — Vidura; viśvaof the Universal Person-mūrteḥof the Universal Person — of the Universal Person; guṇain the discourse of transcendental qualities-kathayāin the discourse of transcendental qualities — in the discourse of transcendental qualities; sudhayānectarean — nectarean; plāvitaoverwhelmed by great affliction-uruoverwhelmed by great affliction-tāpaḥoverwhelmed by great affliction — overwhelmed by great affliction; kṣaṇammoment — moment; ivalike that — like that; pulineon the bank of — on the bank of; yamasvasuḥRiver Yamunā tāmRiver Yamunā — River Yamunā; samuṣitaḥpassed on — passed on; aupagaviḥthe son of Aupagava (Uddhava) — the son of Aupagava (Uddhava); niśāmthe night — the night; tataḥthereafter — thereafter; agātwent away — went away.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, after thus discussing with Vidura the transcendental name, fame, qualities, etc., on the bank of the Yamunā, Uddhava was overwhelmed with great affliction. He passed the night as if it were a moment, and thereafter he went away.
The word used here for Kṛṣṇa is viśva-mūrti. Both Uddhava and Vidura were in great affliction because of Lord Kṛṣṇa's departure, and the more they discussed the transcendental name, fame and qualities of the Lord, the more the picture of the Lord became visible to them everywhere. Such visualization of the transcendental form of the Lord is neither false nor imaginary but is factual Absolute Truth. When the Lord is perceived as viśva-mūrti, it is not that He loses His personality or transcendental eternal form, but He becomes visible in the same form everywhere.