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 2.1.148, 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 2.1.148 contained in Chapter 1鈥擵airagya (renunciation)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.148
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.148:
啶啶炧啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶粪啶｀-啶ㄠ啶掂啶︵啶 啶ざ啷嵿く啶ㄠ 啶啶溹ぞ-啶す啷嬥い啷嵿じ啶掂ぎ啷� 啷�
啶多啶｀啶掂え啷� 啶啶溹ぞ啶︵た-啶ぞ啶灌ぞ啶む啶啶 啶い啷嵿え啶距え啷� 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶班す啷� 啶溹お啶ㄠ 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�bhu帽j膩no 惫颈峁ａ箛耻-naivedya峁� 辫补艣测补苍 辫奴箩腻-mahotsavam |
艣峁涐箛惫补苍 辫奴箩腻di-m膩h膩tmya峁� yatn膩n mantra峁� raho japan || 148 ||产丑耻帽箩腻苍补岣�鈥揺补迟颈苍驳; 惫颈峁ａ箛耻鈥搊f 艢r墨 痴颈峁ａ箛耻; naivedyam鈥搕he remnants of offerings; 辫补艣测补苍鈥捣颈别飞颈苍驳; 辫奴箩腻鈥搊f His worship; 尘补丑腻-耻迟蝉补惫补尘鈥搕he great festival; 艣峁涐箛惫补苍鈥揾别补谤颈苍驳; 辫奴箩腻鈥搊f worship; 腻诲颈鈥揳nd so forth; 尘腻丑腻迟尘测补尘鈥揼濒辞谤颈别蝉; 测补迟苍腻迟鈥搘ith attention; mantram鈥搈y divine vibration; 谤补丑补岣�鈥搃n seclusion; japan鈥揷hanting softly.
There, I daily accepted 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补, viewed the great festival of His ceremonial worship, and listened to the glories of worshiping Him, all the while continuing to diligently chant the mantra of my worshipable Deity while sitting in private.
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)
In this verse beginning with 产丑耻帽箩腻苍补岣�, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 explains why he was happy in his stay in that place. He says, 鈥淚 would hear statements explaining the process of worship and firmly establishing its glories. For example, 鈥楾here is no other duty or no greater imperative than to hear the glories of the worship of the Lord.鈥欌��
The word 腻诲颈 indicates that Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 would eat the remnants of food offered to the Lord and perform other activities as well.
The glories of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补 are described in the scriptures:
啶粪ぁ啷嵿き啶苦ぐ啷� 啶ぞ啶膏啶さ啶距じ啷堗じ啷� 啶む 啶い啷� 啶げ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷�啶班啶むた啶むぎ啷�
啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班 啶ㄠ啶掂啶︵啶�-啶膏た啶曕啶ムぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶啶炧啶溹い啶距 啶むい啷� 啶曕げ啷� 啶啶椸峁岣峛hir m膩sopav膩sais tu yat phala峁� parik墨rtitam
vi峁ａ箛or naivedya-sikth膩nna峁� bhu帽jat膩峁� tat kalau yugeIn Kali-yuga, the same benefit that one accrues by observing the austerity of fasting for six months is gained by just once honoring the 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补 of 艢r墨 痴颈峁ａ箛耻.
鈥淎lthough I listened to the statements of these types of scriptures, I did not learn about the heavenly planets, which are described in those scriptures. Knowledge of this remained unknown to me.鈥�