tatah -- then; tam -- Him; antah -- within; hridi -- his mind; sannivesya -- placing; gatah -- going; maha-bhagavatah -- the great devotee; visalam -- to Badarikasrama; yatha -- as; upadishtam -- described; jagat -- of the universe; eka -- by the only; bandhuna -- friend; tapah -- austerities; samasthaya -- properly executing; hareh -- of the Supreme Lord; agat -- he attained; gatim -- the destination.

Thereupon, placing the Lord deeply within his heart, the great devotee Uddhava went to Badarikasrama. By engaging there in austerities, he attained to the Lord's personal abode, which had been described to him by the only friend of the universe, Lord Krishna Himself.