Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī ѲᲹ | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.76, 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 1.6.76 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.76
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.76:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच�
तच� � श्री-भगवान् कृत्वा श्रुतम� अप्य� अश्रुत� यथ� �
अजानन्न् इव पप्रच्� शो�-वेगाद् अथोद्धवम� � ७६ �śrī-parīkṣid uvāca�
tac ca śrī-bhagavān kṛtvā śrutam apy aśruta� yathā |
ajānann iva papraccha śoka-vegād athoddhavam || 76 ||Śī ʲīṣi ѲᲹ said: However, Śī ṛṣṇa, despite hearing these words, ignored them, and being pained by distress like an ignorant person, began to ask Śī Uddhava, “What is My duty towards the residents of Vraja?�
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Although Śī ṛṣṇa attentively heard the words of ʲ峾屹ī, he ignored them. He did not support the words of His grandmother at all. Therefore, what is His duty towards the residents of Vraja or what is the desire of the residents of Vraja? In this connection, overwhelmed by distress as if completely ignorant, He began to ask Śī Uddhava as follows.