This podcast discourse of Uddhava Gita or Hamsa Gita[The Last Message of Lord Shri Krishna] is by our Spiritual Master KrsnaKnows/KrsnaGuruji. 

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Shri Krishna gives in this text His parting instructions to His beloved devotee and follower, Uddhava, shortly before His departure from this world. These teachings, which are in every way as important as those of the Bhagavad Gita, form the main part of the eleventh book of the great Hindu scripture, the Srimad Bhagavatam. Various instructions are given, but in and through all, the necessity of seeing the Lord in everything, plus living a life of perfect self-surrender and non-attachment, are continuously emphasized. In the end, Shri Krishna says, ‘I have just explained to you, in a concise as well as an analytic way, the essence of the philosophy of Brahman, which is unintelligible even to the gods.’

Shri Ramakrishna always kept a copy of Bhagavatam in his room. He used to say, ‘It is fried in the butter of knowledge and soaked in the syrup of love.’ The study of such a book cannot but be of the greatest help to the seeker after Truth.

The genesis of Uddhava Gita:

Lord Krishna spoke the Uddhava Gita (also referred to as Hamsa Gita) to Uddhava shortly before he left the world in order to help console Uddhava after his forthcoming departure. It commences with Uddhava’s perplexity after he saw the impending destruction of the Yaduvanshi community, in which Krishna was also brought up, born as a Kshatriya.

Uddhava was famous as a devotee and a dear friend of Krishna but even he could not fathom why he had not prevented the destruction from happening. Brahma, the creator and the celestials implored Krishna to return to his divine abode after the purpose of his descent was over.

Krishna then explained why the Yadavas had to be finished, “Made insolent by prowess, heroism, and fortune, and inclined to take possession of the whole world, this celebrated race of Yadu has been kept in check by Me as the ocean by its shore. If I depart (from this world) without destroying the huge race of the Yadus, who have grown insolent the entire humanity will meet its destruction…” Greatly saddened by this Uddhava approached to Krishna and beseeched him to take him also. In reply, Krishna then expounds on the Uddhava Gita.