Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.155, 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 2.1.155 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.155
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.155:
कदाप� पर-राष्ट्राद् भी� कदाचिच� चक्रवर्तिन� �
विविधादे�-सन्दोह-पालनेनास्वतन्त्रता � १५� �첹辱 para-rāṣṭrād ī� kadācic cakravartina� |
ś-Իdz-ԱٲԳٰ || 155 ||첹辱–sdzپ; 貹-ṣṭ–from other kingdoms; ī�–f; 첹峦–sdzپ; -پԲ�–from the emperor; vividha‵dzܲ; ś–e徱ٲ; sandoha–mԲ; ԱԲ–having to obey; ٲԳٰ–a condition of dependence.
Sometimes I was fearful of other kingdoms (and their kings). Other times, obliged as I was as a subordinate king to comply with the sovereign emperor’s many edicts, I suffered the distress of being dependent on others.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“Being king, I faced many types of distress.� In this verse beginning with 첹辱, Śrī Gopa-ܳ explains this. He says, “I was fearful of other countries, especially of their inimical kings and the followers of those monarchs. The sovereign emperor, ruler of all countries, would dictate, ‘You are obliged to act in this way,� or ‘You cannot act in this way.� My subordinate, dependent position caused me misery because I was duty-bound to abide by his orders. Moreover, my lack of freedom to act at will posed obstacles in my service to the Lord, and this also made me suffer.�