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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.37
vidrāvito moha-mahāndhakāro
ya āśrito me tava sannidhānāt
vibhāvasoh kim nu samīpa-gasya
śītam tamo bhīh prabhavanty ajādya
SYNONYMS
śrī-uddhavah uvāca — Śrī Uddhava said; vidrāvitah — is driven away; moha — of delusion; mahā-andhakārah — the great darkness; yah — which; āśritah — was taken shelter of; me — by me; tava — Your; sannidhānāt — by the presence; vibhāvasoh — of the sun; kim — what; nu — indeed; samīpa-gasya — for one who has come into the proximity; śītam — cold; tamah — darkness; bhīh — fear; prabhavanti — have power; aja — O unborn; ādya — O primeval Lord.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Uddhava said: O unborn, primeval Lord, although I had fallen into the great darkness of illusion, my ignorance has now been dispelled by Your merciful association. Indeed, how can cold, darkness and fear exert their power over one who has approached the brilliant sun?
PURPORT
Although Śrī Uddhava feared separation from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, he now understands that in a fundamental sense the Lord is everything. Krishna consciousness can never be threatened or diminished for one who has taken full shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.
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