Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢r墨 艢r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 1.5.38, 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 1.5.38 contained in Chapter 5鈥擯riya (the beloved devotees)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.38
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.38:
啶ㄠ啷佮げ啶� 啶膏す啶︵啶掂ざ啷� 啶� 啶ぞ啶︵啶曕-啶啶班啶むた-啶ぐ啷� 啶ぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧啷嵿ぐ-啶啶溹ぞ-啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班ぞ啶︵ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷堗じ啷� 啶むう啷�-啶掂啶む啶むぎ啷� 啶堗啷嵿し啶苦い啶 啷� 啷┼ギ 啷�nakula岣� sahadeva艣 ca y膩d峁沰-pr墨ti-parau yamau |
agra-辫奴箩腻-vic膩r膩dau sarvais tad-v峁泃tam 墨k峁tam || 38 ||(Twin brothers) Nakula and Sahadeva also completely displayed the kind of affection they have for 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 at the time of the 搁腻箩补蝉奴测补 sacrifice by proposing to worship 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 first. This was observed by everyone.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢r墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Nakula and Sahadeva are full of the topmost affection for 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺. Here yamau (twin brothers) implies that the disposition of one is also tantamount to the disposition of the other鈥攂oth had the same affection for 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺.
Agra-辫奴箩腻, that is, on the occasion of the 搁腻箩补蝉奴测补 sacrifice, who should be given first arghya or worship? All the people who were present in the 搁腻箩补蝉奴测补 sacrifice personally saw the nature of affection the twin brothers had towards 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺