Verse 1.5.119

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.119:

स्व-गम्य एव विषये प्रेषयेद् भगवान् अमुम् ।
कौरवावृत-साम्बीय-मोचनादि-कृते क्वचित् ॥ ११९ ॥

sva-gamya eva viṣaye preṣayed bhagavān amum |
kauravāvṛta-sāmbīya-mocanādi-kṛte kvacit || 119 ||

To the places where Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa should go Himself for special duty, Śrī Uddhava is sent as His representative. For example, one time He sent Śrī Uddhava to liberate Sāmba from the Kauravas.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

If someone says that Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa sends Śrī Uddhava sometimes to Gokula and sometimes to Hastināpura and so forth, then he must also experience distress due to separation from Bhagavān. Therefore, he uses the phrase sva-gamya.

It is true that Śrī Bhagavān sends Him to places that are proper for His own going. However, He does not send him to any other place. Just as when Kauravas such as Bhīṣma and Duryodhana had arrested the son of Jāmbavatī, Sāmba, who had kidnapped the daughter of Duryodhana, Śrī Uddhava was sent to set him free. By the word ādi the work of giving assurance to the vraja-vāsīs such as Śrī Nanda is understood. This subject matter is extremely confidential. It is not seen just anywhere. Therefore, for special activities such as freeing His beloved relatives and granting them assurance, Śrī Kṛṣṇa would send Śrī Uddhava as His representative alone. In this way, even though He suffers from the distress of separation from Bhagavān, Śrī Uddhava receives still more happiness in such activities as freeing the dear devotees of Bhagavān and granting them the assurance of the direct association of Bhagavān.