bhaktyoddhavÄnapÄyinyÄ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
sarvotpatty-apyayaá¹ brahma
kÄraṇaá¹ mopayÄti saḥ
bhaktyÄ - by loving service; uddhava - My dear Uddhava; anapÄyinyÄ - unfailing; sarva - of all; loka - worlds; mahÄ-Ä«Å›varam - the Supreme Lord; sarva - of everything; utpatti - the cause of the creation; apyayam - and annihilation; brahma - the Absolute Truth; kÄraṇam - the cause of the universe; mÄ - to Me; upayÄti - comes; saḥ - he.
My dear Uddhava, I am the Supreme Lord of all worlds, and I create and destroy this universe, being its ultimate cause. I am thus the Absolute Truth, and one who worships Me with unfailing devotional service comes to Me.
As described in the First Canto of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (1.2.11), Lord Kṛṣṇa is understood in three features — as impersonal Brahman, localized ParamÄtmÄ and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the source of everything. Lord Kṛṣṇa absorbs the impersonal philosophers into the rays of His body, appears before the perfect yogÄ«s as the Lord of the heart, and ultimately brings His pure devotees back to His own abode for an eternal life of bliss and knowledge.
