Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨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 2.1.110, 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 2.1.110 contained in Chapter 1鈥擵airagya (renunciation)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.110
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.110:
啶多啶班-啶椸啶�-啶曕啶ぞ啶� 啶夃さ啶距鈥�
啶呧い啷嵿ぐ啷囙い啶苦す啶距じ啶� 啶す啶掂 啶掂た啶︵啶え啷嵿い啷囙そ啶ムぞ啶た 啶曕ぅ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶膏啶�-啶掂啶む啶むぎ啷� 啶忇さ啶距え啷佮じ啷嵿ぎ啷冟い啷嵿く 啶啶灌ぞ啶︵ぞ啶掂 啶呧お啶� 啶膏啷嵿啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�艣r墨-gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 uv膩ca鈥�
atretih膩s膩 bahavo vidyante'th膩pi kathyate |
蝉惫补-惫峁泃迟补尘 ev膩nusm峁泃ya moh膩d膩v api 蝉补峁単补迟补尘 || 110 ||艣r墨-gopa-办耻尘腻谤补岣� uv膩ca鈥撆毎� Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 said; atra鈥揾别谤别; 颈迟颈丑腻蝉腻岣�鈥揾颈蝉迟辞谤颈别蝉; 产补丑补惫补岣�鈥搈补苍测; vidyante鈥搕here are; atha api鈥搉辞苍别迟丑别濒别蝉蝉; kathyate鈥搕o be said; 蝉惫补-惫峁泃迟补尘鈥搈y personal experiences; eva鈥搃苍诲别别诲; 补苍耻蝉尘峁泃测补鈥搑别肠辞濒濒别肠迟颈苍驳; moha鈥揹uring my ecstatic swoon; 腻诲补耻鈥揳nd so on; api鈥揳濒蝉辞; 蝉补峁単补迟补尘鈥搘hat happened.
艢谤墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 said: There are many historical accounts on this subject, but I will relate only my personal experience. I shall certainly recount all those experiences that I realized in my natural condition. In regard to those that took place during my states of ecstasy, I will first remember them, and then relate them to you as well.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢谤墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
艢谤墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 says:
啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ-啶曕ぞ啶�-啶啶曕啶粪ぞ啶｀ぞ啶, 啶夃お啶︵啶�-啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶掂た啶むぎ啷�
啶啶班啶�-啶掂啶む啶�-啶曕ぅ啶�-啶啶曕啶むぎ啷� 啶囙い啶苦す啶距じ啶� 啶啶班啶曕啶粪い啷�dharm膩rtha-办腻尘补-mok峁Ｄ佱箛膩m, upade艣a-samanvitam
p奴rva-v峁泃ta-kath膩-yuktam itih膩sa峁� pracak峁teThe ancient scriptures, known as 滨迟颈丑腻蝉补蝉, present many historical accounts in regard to determining the essential truth of the highest goal of life and the means to achieve it (蝉腻诲丑测补-蝉腻诲丑补苍补). This includes advice for obtaining dharma (religiosity), artha (economic development), 办腻尘补 (sense gratification), and 尘辞办峁 (liberation).
鈥淗owever, I consider my practical experiences of 蝉腻诲丑测补-蝉腻诲丑补苍补 to be evidential. Although there are many examples from ancient texts, I will simply narrate that which I have directly realized because personal experience is the best form of evidence to evoke proper faith. Moreover, although that which I experienced when I fell into my ecstatic trance of love of God (辫谤别尘补-尘奴谤肠肠丑腻) is very confidential in nature, I will describe even that to you.
鈥淲hen I was overwhelmed with prema and had fallen unconscious, wonderful ecstatic symptoms that were evident to external vision appeared on my body. Even though I was unconscious at the time, I could perceive the extraordinary influence of those ecstatic emotions (产丑腻惫补蝉) through the cognizance of my soul. Now, I will take shelter of that knowledge of the self and describe these topics from my past memories.鈥�
This reveals Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补鈥檚 exalted potency of knowledge (箩帽腻苍补-艣补办迟颈). Here, the word 腻诲颈 indicates that this account is most confidential in nature and therefore inappropriate to be revealed publicly. Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 is also shy to disclose his personal experiences, but for the 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺鈥檚 benefit, he feels it would certainly be befitting to do so.
Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 will personally describe this in the Seventh Chapter (叠峁沨补诲-产丑腻驳补惫补迟腻尘峁泃补 2.7.4), wherein he says:
啶ざ啷嵿く 啶啷� 啶氞ぞ啶む啶え啶膏 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶むう啷�啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶 啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶ムぞ
啶掂啶む啶む 啶ぐ啶�-啶椸啶啶 啶むい啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶む 啶曕ぅ啶苦い啶� 啶く啶�pa艣ya yac c膩tmanas tasya tad墨y膩n膩m ca sarvath膩
v峁泃ta峁� parama-gopya峁� tat sarva峁� te kathita峁� may膩Whatever confidential topics there are in relation to me; to the Supreme Person, 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍; or to the devotees of the Lord, I have described to you.