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 1.5.66, 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 1.5.66 contained in Chapter 5鈥擯riya (the beloved devotees)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.66
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.66:
啶啶粪啶�-啶︵啶班啶｀ぞ啶︵た-啶灌え啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ 啶ㄠた啶掂啶む啶む 啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班さ啶班啶むく啶ㄠ 啷�
啶す啶�-啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠた-啶掂ぐ啶� 啶曕啶粪啶｀ 啶い啷� 啶曕た啶炧啶氞た啶︵ 啶夃お啶︵た啶粪啶熰さ啶距え啷� 啷� 啷ガ 啷�产丑墨峁补-dro峁嚹乨i-hanan膩n niv峁泃ta峁� m膩峁� pravartayan |
mah膩-j帽膩ni-vara岣� k峁涐梗峁噊 yat ki帽cid upadi峁ａ弓av膩n || 66 ||When I withdrew from killing my superiors such as Bh墨峁a and 顿谤辞峁嘺, at that time, 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, the best among the wise, gave me instructions to inspire me to do such work.
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)
If the question arises whether there is no mercy of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 upon you, then why did he instruct 叠丑补驳补惫补诲-驳墨迟腻, the essence of all Upani峁ds? In reply to this, 艢r墨man Arjuna is narrating the five 艣lokas beginning with 产丑墨峁补. Simply to inspire me to kill Bh墨峁a and 顿谤辞峁嘺, 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 gave some advice.