Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.151, 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 2.1.151 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.151
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.151:
अथापुत्र� � राजा मा� वैदेशिकम� अप� प्रियात् �
सुशीलं वीक्ष्� पुत्रत्व� परिकल्प्याचिरान् मृतः � १५� �athāputra� sa mā� ś첹 api |
suśīla� īṣy putratve parikalpyācirān ṛt� || 151 ||atha–t; ٰܳ�–sDzԱ; �–t; –kԲ; 峾–to me; ś첹–from another country; api–aٳdzܲ; –out of affection; -śī–my good character; īṣy–oԲ; putratve–as his son; parikalpya–aDZٱ; –before long; ṛt�–departed from his body.
The king of that land had no son, and although I was a foreigner, having come from another land, because he saw my amiable disposition and other good qualities, he loved me. He adopted me as his son, but soon after, he passed away from this world.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “After a few days, the king, who was sonless, out of love for me, accepted me as his own son.�