Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.170, 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 2.1.170 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.170
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.170:
प्रणाम-नृत्�-स्तुति-वाद्�-गी�-परांस् तु �-प्रे� विलोकयन्तम� �
मह�-महिम्नां पदम् ईक्षमाणो� पत� जगन्नाथम� अह� विमुह्� � १७� �ṇām-ṛtⲹ-stuti-ⲹ-īٲ-parāṃs tu sa-prema vilokayantam |
mahā-mahimnā� padam īkṣamāṇo' pata� ᲹԲٳ aha� vimuhya || 170 ||ṇām–oԳ; ṛtⲹ–in dancing; stuti; ⲹ–musical instruments; īٲ–sԲԲ; 貹–aǰ; tu–iԻ; saprema–with love; vilokayantam–sԲ; -峾–of great glories; padam–aǻ; īṣaṇa�–sԲ; apatam–I fell; ᲹԲٳ–Ś� Բٳ; aham–I; vimuhya–fԳپԲ.
He was lovingly glancing at the people singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, offering prayers, bowing down, and so on before Him. When I saw the wonderful opulence of Śī Բٳdeva, the refuge of infinite glories, I fell unconscious to the ground.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “Hundreds of people were prostrating before the Lord. Some were singing, some were chanting prayers, some were playing instruments such as ṛdṅg (drums) and 첹 (hand cymbals), still others were dancing and so on, and some were sitting, viewing the divine Deity. The Lord also reciprocated with His merciful glance. Seeing the splendor and opulence of Śī Բٳ-deva–He who is the fountainhead of such extraordinary grandeur–I lost consciousness and fell to the ground.�