Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.46, 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 1.3.46 contained in Chapter 3鈥擯rapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.46
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.46:
啶灌ぐ啷囙ぐ啷� 啶啷嵿い啷嵿く啶� 啶ぐ啶� 啶啶班啶むぞ 啶啷嵿い啶距え啷� 啶啷嵿い啶苦 啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶む 啷�
啶班啷嵿し啶ㄠ啶む 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶え啷嵿い啶多 啶� 啶膏啷嵿啶班え啷嵿い啶� 啶う啷冟啷嵿啶ぞ 啷� 啷ガ 啷�harer bhakty膩 para峁� pr墨t膩 bhakt膩n 产丑补办迟颈峁� ca sarvata岣� |
rak峁nto 惫补谤诲丑补测补苍迟补艣 ca sa帽caranti 测补诲峁沜肠丑补测腻 || 46 ||Satisfied only by the devotion of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 艢谤墨 Hari, they freely travel everywhere for the protection of the devotees of Hari and the propagation of bhagavad-bhakti.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢谤墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Why do devotees who reside in 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 not respect and admire their similar forms (蝉腻谤奴辫测补) and equal opulences to 艢谤墨 Hari (补颈艣惫补谤测补 蝉腻谤峁ａ弓颈)? 惭补丑腻诲别惫补 speaks this verse for this reason. They achieve satisfaction only by their bhakti for 艢谤墨 Hari. 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 Himself says, 尘补测腻 蝉补苍迟耻峁ａ弓补-尘补苍补蝉补岣� sarv膩岣� sukha尘补测腻 诲颈艣补岣�, 鈥淔or My devotees the whole world manifests as an abode of happiness.鈥� (艢谤墨mad-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补m or 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 11.14.13) Therefore, devotees of Hari, even those who engage in simple bhajana, spontaneously realize all perfection by their firm devotional faith (bhakti-苍颈峁ａ弓丑补).
Furthermore, the eternal associates of 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 freely travel everywhere for the protection of devotees and always for the propagation of bhagavad-bhakti. Here, the import of the words hari-bhaktan rak峁nto (the protection of devotees) means that they protect the devotees from fall downs due to carelessness, attacks from aggressive materialists or from the fear of Yamar膩ja鈥檚 punishment. The meaning of 产丑补办迟颈峁� 惫补谤诲丑补测补苍迟补艣 (the propagation of bhakti) is that by increasing the community of 蝉腻诲丑耻蝉, they expand the great opulence of bhakti. The symptom of hari-bhakti also suggests that they guard the devotees in this world from such obstacles such as attachment for karma and 箩帽腻苍补.
In this way, the eternal associates of 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补, for increasing and arousing devotion in Hari, wander everywhere by their own desire always. Here also, 测补诲峁沜肠丑补测腻 (by their independent desire) indicates that they are independent of their karma, and can come and go anywhere without any obstacle. In other words, 箩墨惫补蝉 or living beings are under the control of their karma and are thus unable to travel everywhere. In this way, not being under the influence of karma, the eternal 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 associates travel everywhere without any impediments.