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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 70: Verses 42-47
Eager to see You, the (principal) gods, Rsis and illustrious kings too will assemble in that grand sacrifice. Lord, You are an embodiment of the Supreme Spirit; even the low-born are hallowed by hearing of Your glories, singing Your praises and contemplating on Your virtues, to say nothing of those who see and touch Your person. Lord, whose very presence on this earth constitutes a blessing for the three worlds. Your spotless glory envelops all the quarters and is diffused on earth, in heaven as well as in the subterranean regions, even as the waters washing Your feet hallow the (entire) universe under the name of Mandakini in heaven, Bhogavati in the subterranean regions and the Ganga on earth. Sri suka went on : (Pariksit !) the clansmen of Sri Krsna, assembled there, seized as they were with the desire to conquer Jarasandha, did not receive with approbation the words of the sage. Sri Krsna (the Ruler even of Brahma and Siva), smilingly spoke to His devotee Uddhava in sweet words (as below). The glorious Lord said : (Uddhava !) you are Our disinterested friend and know the secret of what should be decided upon through deliberation, Indeed you are our supreme eye (as it were). Now tell us what should be done under the circumstances. We (fully) rely on you and shall act upon your advice.Questioned thus by the Master, who, though omniscient, was behaving like an ignorant man, Uddhava received His command with his head bent low and replied (as below).
Thus ends the seventieth discourse bearing on the deliberations about the Lord's departurein the latter half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.
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