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 2.1.173, 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 2.1.173 contained in Chapter 1鈥擵airagya (renunciation)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.173
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.173:
啶�-啶掂啶む啶�-啶樴ぞ啶む 啶啶班い啶苦す啶距ぐ啶苦き啶苦じ啷� 啶むう啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶班た啶む 啶溹ぞ啶�-啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶�-啶侧啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶啶班き啷嬥 啶曕啶ぞ啶� 啶むぞ啶 啶呧え啷佮ぎ啶距え啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶班啶椸い啷� 啶す啶�-啶啶班じ啶距う啶距え啷嵿え啶 啶呧ぅ啶距お啷嵿え啷佮さ啶� 啶す啶苦 啷� 啷оキ啷� 啷�sa-vetra-gh膩ta峁� pratih膩ribhis 迟补诲腻 niv膩rito 箩腻迟补-惫颈肠腻谤补-濒补箩箩颈迟补岣� |
辫谤补产丑辞岣� k峁沺膩峁� 迟腻尘 补苍耻尘腻苍测补 nirgato 尘补丑腻-pras膩d膩nnam ath膩pnuva峁� 产补丑颈岣� || 173 ||sa-vetra鈥搘ith canes; 驳丑腻峁璦尘鈥揵别补迟别苍; 辫谤补迟颈丑腻谤颈产丑颈岣�鈥揵y the guards; 迟补诲腻鈥搕丑别苍; 苍颈惫腻谤颈迟补岣�鈥损谤别惫别苍迟别诲; 箩腻迟补-惫颈肠腻谤补鈥揷onsiderations of externals being awoken; 濒补箩箩颈迟补岣�鈥揳蝉丑补尘别诲; 辫谤补产丑辞岣�鈥搊f the Lord; 办峁沺腻尘鈥搕he mercy; 迟腻尘鈥搕丑补迟; 补苍耻尘腻苍测补鈥揷辞苍蝉颈诲别谤颈苍驳; 苍颈谤驳补迟补岣�鈥搇别蹿迟; 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补鈥揼reat mercy; annam鈥揻ood, remnants of the Lord; atha鈥搕丑别苍; 腻辫苍补惫补尘鈥揑 received; 产补丑颈岣�鈥搊耻迟蝉颈诲别.
As soon as I moved forward to embrace the Lord, the doorkeepers beat me with canes, barring me from entering inside. Realizing what I had done, I felt ashamed, but I considered being stopped in this manner to actually be the mercy of the Lord. When I went outside, I received 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补 without even asking for it.
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, 鈥淲hen I ran towards the Lord to embrace Him, the doorkeepers (the Lord鈥檚 辫腻峁囜笉腻蝉, or servitors) beat me with canes, stopping me from going inside. At that point, my power of discretion returned. I felt embarrassed and thought, 鈥楢las! Alas! I am an unworthy person, a mere foreigner and a newcomer. What made me act so brazenly?鈥� Reflecting in this way, out of embarrassment I went outside. Though they caned me and stopped me from entering, I did not feel dejected, rather, I felt elated.鈥� Therefore, in the verse, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 says, 鈥淏eing stopped like this was the Lord鈥檚 mercy. Otherwise, if I had acted insanely and caught hold of 艢谤墨 Jagann膩thadeva, it would have been a grievous offence. I understood that their thwarting me was the Lord鈥檚 special mercy. Thus I went outside and at that very moment, I received 尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补 from a kind 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补, even without asking for it.鈥�