Verse Text
vyādhir, yathā –
cirayati maṇim anveṣṭuṁ
calite murabhidi kuśasthalī-purataḥ |
samajani dhṛta-nava-vyādhiḥ
pavana-vyādhir yathārthākhyaḥ ||124||
Translation
An example of vyādhi (sickness) in viyoga: When Kṛṣṇa went to find the Syamantaka jewel and was absent a long time, Uddhava became afflicted with a new sickness out of separation, and thus was appropriately called “he who was afflicted by wind disease.”
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Pavana-vyadhiḥ (afflicted by wind disease) is another name of Uddhava. Because he was overcome with prema from childhood he was given that name because of popular consensus.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
When Śrī Kṛṣṇa left the city of Dvārakā to seek out the Syamantaka jewel and He was late returning home, Uddhava became so afflicted that the symptoms of disease became manifest in his body. Actually, due to his excessive ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava became known in Dvārakā as crazy. To his great fortune, on that day Uddhava’s reputation as a crazy fellow was firmly established.