Text-41-44
SB 11.29.41-44
sri-bhagavan uvaca
gacchoddhava mayadisto
badary-akhyam mamasramam
tatra mat-pada-tirthode
snanopasparsanaih sucih
iksayalakanandaya
vidhutasesa-kalmasah
vasano valkalany anga
vanya-bhuk sukha-nihsprhah
titiksur dvandva-matranam
susilah samyatendriyah
santah samahita-dhiya
jñana-vijñana-samyutah
matto ’nusiksitam yat te
viviktam anubhavayan
mayy avesita-vak-citto
mad-dharma-nirato bhava
ativrajya gatis tisro
mam esyasi tatah param
Translation:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, take My order and go to My asrama called Badarika. Purify yourself by both touching and also bathing in the holy waters there, which have emanated from My lotus feet. Rid yourself of all sinful reactions with the sight of the sacred Alakananda River. Dress yourself in bark and eat whatever is naturally available in the forest. Thus you should remain content and free from desire, tolerant of all dualities, good-natured, self-controlled, peaceful and endowed with transcendental knowledge and realization. With fixed attention, meditate constantly upon these instructions I have imparted to you and assimilate their essence. Fix your words and thoughts upon Me, and always endeavor to increase your realization of My transcendental qualities. In this way you will cross beyond the destinations of the three modes of nature and finally come back to Me.