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 1.5.123, 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 1.5.123 contained in Chapter 5鈥擯riya (the beloved devotees)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.123
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.123:
啶曕た啶� 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶膏啶ぞ啶椸啶�-啶曕啶侧 啶灌た 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶 啶掂ぞ啶む啶侧い啶距 啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶曕た啶侧ぞ啶ぎ啷� 啶忇さ啶 啷�
啶嗋ざ啷堗ざ啶掂ぞ啶︵ 啶 啶啶班き啷�-啶ぞ啶�-啶う啷嵿ぎ-啶膏啶掂ぞ-啶班じ啶距さ啶苦し啷嵿啶むく啷嬥啷嵿く啶む啶洁啷嵿啷堗 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�ki峁� tasya saubh膩gya-kula峁� hi v膩cya峁� v膩t奴lat膩峁� pr膩pa kil膩yam evam |
膩艣ai艣av膩d ya岣� prabhu-p膩da-padma-sev膩-ras膩vi峁ａ弓atayocyate'j帽ai岣� || 123 ||How much more can we describe the great fortune of Sri Uddhava? From childhood he remained absorbed in the service of the lotus feet of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺. Foolish people consider that absorption of his to be the creation of idle mundane talk.
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)
Now the extraordinary absorption of 艢r墨 Uddhava in the mellow of service from his childhood is being described. What more to speak of 艢r墨 Uddhava鈥檚 glories? Foolish people phrase absorption in this mellow of service as idle talk. They imagine that he is suffering from a vayu or wind disorder. The reason for this is that he would remain greatly absorbed in the lotus feet of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍. Due to this intense absorption in the service of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 he would forget even the awareness of his body and used to speak incoherently like a person possessed by a ghost.