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 2.1.159, 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 2.1.159 contained in Chapter 1鈥擵airagya (renunciation)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.159
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.159:
啶︵ぞ啶班-啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶ム 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班啶粪啶む啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶曕啶粪啶む啶班 啶ㄠ啶侧ぞ啶氞げ啷� 啶曕啶粪ぐ啶班-啶ㄠさ-啶む啶班 啶掂た啶班ぞ啶溹い啷� 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�诲腻谤耻-产谤补丑尘补 jagann膩tho 产丑补驳补惫腻苍 puru峁ttame |
k峁tre n墨l膩cale k峁rar-nava-迟墨谤别 惫颈谤腻箩补迟别 || 159 ||诲腻谤耻-产谤补丑尘补鈥搕he Absolute Truth in the form of wood; 箩补驳补迟-苍腻迟丑补岣�鈥揕ord of all the worlds; 产丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥揻ull in six opulences; puru峁ttame k峁tre鈥搃n the land of the Supreme Person; 苍墨濒补-补肠补濒别鈥搖pon the blue mountain; 办峁Ｄ乺补-补谤峁嘺惫补鈥搊f the salt ocean; 迟墨谤别鈥搊n the shore; 惫颈谤腻箩补迟别鈥搃s radiantly present.
鈥淚n 艢谤墨 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补-办峁迟谤补, on the blue mountain known as 狈墨濒腻肠补濒补, on the shore of the salt ocean, the Supreme Lord of the universe 艢谤墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补 is radiantly present as 诲腻谤耻-产谤补丑尘补, the Absolute Truth in the form of wood.
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, 鈥淎lthough the Supreme Lord is 产谤补丑尘补-蝉惫补谤奴辫补, the embodiment of transcendence, He nevertheless appears as a Deity of wood in order to dispel the endless suffering of material existence. That selfsame Supreme Personality, who is famous by the name of 艢谤墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补, resides on the shore of the salt ocean at 狈墨濒腻肠补濒补 in 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补-办峁迟谤补.鈥�
It is stated in Padma 笔耻谤腻峁嘺:
啶膏ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶膏啶啶む啶むぐ啷� 啶む啶班 啶嗋じ啷嵿い啷� 啶多啶班-啶啶班啶粪啶む啶むぎ啷�
啶啶班啶｀ぞ啶ㄠえ啷嵿う-啶く啶� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ 啶︵ぞ啶班-啶掂啶ぞ啶�-啶多ぐ啷�啶�-啶啶むsamudrasyottare 迟墨谤别 膩ste 艣r墨-puru峁ttame
p奴r峁嚹乶anda-maya峁� brahma 诲腻谤耻-vy膩ja-艣ar墨ra-bh峁泃On the northern shore of the ocean at 艢谤墨 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补-办峁迟谤补 resides the fully blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has deceptively assumed a wooden form (诲腻谤耻-brahma).
The 叠峁沨补诲-惫颈峁ａ箛耻 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 also states:
啶ㄠ啶侧ぞ啶︵啶班 啶氞啶む啶曕げ啷� 啶︵啶多 啶曕啶粪啶む啶班 啶多啶班-啶啶班啶粪啶む啶むぎ啷�
啶︵ぞ啶班啶｀啶 啶嗋じ啷嵿い啷� 啶氞た啶︵-啶嗋え啶ㄠ啶︵ 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶ムぞ啶栢啶�-啶啶班啶むた啶ㄠぞn墨l膩drau cotkale de艣e k峁tre 艣r墨-puru峁ttame
诲腻谤耻峁噛 膩ste cid-膩nando jagann膩th膩khya-m奴rtin膩In the country of Utkala, at 狈墨濒腻肠补濒补, which is in 艢谤墨 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补-办峁迟谤补, the divine Deity of 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补, who is the embodiment of knowledge and bliss, is present in wooden form.