Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.43, 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 1.4.43 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.4.43
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.43:
हेला-विलङ्घितागाध शत-योजन-सागर� �
रक्ष�-रा�-पु�-स्थार्�-सीताश्वासन-कोविदः � ४३ �-vilaṅghitāgādha śata-yojana-sāgara� |
ṣo-Ჹ-ܰ-ٳٲ-īśԲ-DZ岹� || 43 ||For service to Śī 峾Ի, he effortlessly leaped over the vast ocean of eight hundred miles in breadth to console the harassed Śī īī in the palace compound of the ṣa king, 屹ṇa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
To show the quality of Śī ᲹԳܳ’s services—his leaping over the ocean “effortlessly� to give assurance to ī—the verse beginning with is spoken.