Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.90, 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 2.1.90 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.90
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.90:
घनान्धकारारण्यान्त� सोऽपश्यन� कञ्चिद� उन्मुख� �
निर्धार्� तद�-ध्वन�-स्थानं यमुन�-तीरम� अव्रजत� � ९० �ghanāndhakārāraṇyānta� so'paśyan kañcid ܲԳܰ� |
Ծⲹ tad-dhvani-sthāna� ⲹܲ-ī avrajat || 90 ||ghana–dԲ; Ի–dԱ; ṇy–the forest; Գٲ�–iԲ; �–h; 貹śⲹ–not seeing; 첹ñ–aԲDzԱ; ܲԳܰ�–turned toward; Ծⲹ–aٲԾԲ; tat-dhvani–sound of that (weeping); ٳԲ–the place; ⲹܲ-ī–to the bank of ۲ܲ; avrajat–he went.
When he did not see anyone in that dense, dark forest, he ascertained where the weeping sound was coming from. Heading in that direction, he reached the bank of Śī ۲ܲ.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śī ʲīṣi says, “That forest was very dense and terribly dark.� The verse can also be read, “The forest was known as Ի, meaning ‘darkness.’� Or, “The forest had no break in its thick foliage, allowing no sunlight to penetrate.� He continues, “The ṇa could not see anyone in the pitch black, dreadful darkness, and so he became eager to know where the sound of crying was coming from. However, despite searching here and there, he could not find the origin of that sound, so he first ascertained the direction of the chanting of the holy name. Following it, he then reached the bank of the ۲ܲ.�