Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.1.18, English translation, including commentary (Dig-darshini-tika): an important Vaishnava text dealing with the importance of devotional service. The Brihad-bhagavatamrita, although an indepent Sanskrit work, covers the essential teachings of the Shrimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata-purana). This is verse 1.1.18 contained in Chapter 1—Bhauma (the earthly plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.1.18
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.18:
श्री-उत्तरोवा�
यच� छुकेनोपदिष्ट� ते वत्स निष्कृष्� तस्य मे �
सारं प्रकाश� क्षिप्रं क्षीराम्भोधेर् इवामृतम् � १८ �śī-ܳٳٲDZ峦�
yac chukenopadiṣṭa� te vatsa Ծṣkṛṣⲹ tasya me |
� prakāśaya kṣipra� kṣīrāmbhodher ivāmṛtam || 18 ||Śī ٳٲ-ī said: O son, you received advice from the lotus mouth of Śī Śܰ첹𱹲. You should wisely extract the essence of those truths and relate them to me as if extracting nectar from the Ocean of Milk.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“O son, you should relate to me the essence of instructions you received from the divine mouth of Śī Śܰ첹𱹲.� This reveals the supreme esoteric nature of the above-mentioned subject matter. Now the question may arise, “Does she want to hear only the narration of the pastimes of Śī Vṛnḍāvana which is the essence of Śīmad-岵ٲ?�
Therefore Śī ٳٲ-ī speaks the line beginning with Ծṣkṛṣⲹ (extract). “When a compressor extracts sugarcane, its essential juice first exudes out, by discarding unwanted portions gradually the essence of the juice becomes ḍa or jaggery, ṇḍ- or candied sugar, then finally the most excellent 첹, refined sugar, manifests. Similarly, you should consider the nectarean truths of Śīmad 岵ٲ step by step with the power of your pure intellect and then describe the supremely sacred pastimes of ṛn屹Բ according to your transcendental realization.�
The extremely beautiful example given here is that by churning the Ocean of Milk the divine nectar of immortality was extracted, similarly, her son should reveal the essential truths of Śīmad-岵ٲ by churning the 岵ٲ.