Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 19-21 – April 24, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 19-21 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
uddhavo ’tyanta-sambhrānto drutam utthāya tat-padau nidhāyāṅke
samāliṅgya tasyābhipretya hṛd-gatam hṛt-prāpta-bhagavat-tat-tat-
prasāda-bhara-bhāg-janaḥ tadīya-prema-sampatti-
vibhava-smṛti-yantritaḥ rodanair vivaśo dīno yatnād dhairyaṁ śrito
munim avadhāpyāha mātsaryāt sāttvikāt pramudaṁ gataḥ TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Impelled by great respect for Nārada, Uddhava
suddenly stood up, held Nārada’s feet, and embraced them. Aware of
what Nārada was thinking, Uddhava remembered many devotees who had
received the Lord’s special favor. As Uddhava meditated on those
devotees, their love for the Lord, and the wealth of their loving
ecstasies, he felt distress, thinking himself fallen, and cried
helplessly. Only with some effort was he able to regain his
composure. Then he became joyful and spoke to the sage, moved by
the sāttvika emotion of jealousy.