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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.40, 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 2.1.40 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.40:

गृहादिकं परित्यज्� भ्रमंस� तीर्थेषु भिक्षय� �
गत� निर्वाहयन् देहं गङ्ग�-सागर-सङ्गमम� � ४० �

gṛhādika� parityajya bhramaṃs īٳṣu 󾱰ṣa |
gato Ծ󲹲ⲹ deha� ṅg-岵-ṅg || 40 ||

ṛh–hdz; 徱첹–and so on; parityajya–rԴdzܲԳԲ; bhraman–wԻԲ; īٳṣu–in different holy places; 󾱰ṣa–by begging; ٲ�–wԳ; Ծ󲹲ⲹ–mԳٲԾԲ; deham–his body; ṅg-岵–of the Ҳṅg and the ocean; ṅg–to the confluence.

Some days later, the 󳾲ṇa renounced his home life. Begging just enough to maintain his bodily existence, he wandered to the different holy places of pilgrimage and finally reached Ҳṅg-岵, the confluence of the river Ҳṅg and the ocean.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śī ʲīṣi says, “Shortly thereafter, the 󳾲ṇa renounced his family, home, and so on, and set out on pilgrimage to the holy places, or īٳ󲹲, maintaining his body simply by begging.� The term ṇa, meaning ‘wandering,� indicates apratigraha, ‘a lack of desire for acquisition.� “While traveling to holy places, the 󳾲ṇa did not accept anything except the bare necessities.� This reveals that now he was free from sin and had developed renunciation. “In this way, traveling through many holy places, he arrived at the confluence, or ṅg, named Ҳṅg-, where the Ҳṅg meets the ocean.�

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