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 2.2.22, 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 2.2.22 contained in Chapter 2鈥擩nana (knowledge)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.22
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.22:
啶忇さ啶� 啶ぎ啶距お啶� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶呧く啶� 啶曕た啶� 啶曕啶く啶苦し啷嵿く啶むた 啷�
啶囙い啶� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶膏 啶曕啶班啶掂え啷� 啶膏啶�-啶膏啷嵿啶侧啶 啶ㄠた啶溹 啶溹お啶 啷� 啷ㄠエ 啷�eva峁� mam膩pi 产丑补驳补惫腻苍 aya峁� ki峁� 办峁沺补测颈峁补迟颈 |
iti tatr膩vasa峁� kurvan sva-sa峁卥alpa峁� nija峁� japam || 22 ||evam鈥搕丑耻蝉; mama鈥揻or me; api鈥揳濒蝉辞; 产丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥揕辞谤诲; ayam鈥搕丑颈蝉; kim鈥搘丑别迟丑别谤?; 办峁沺补测颈峁补迟颈鈥搘ill be merciful; iti鈥搕丑耻蝉; tatra鈥搕丑别谤别; avasam鈥揑 lived; kurvan鈥揹辞颈苍驳; 蝉惫补-蝉补峁卥补濒辫补尘鈥搈y own resolve; nijam鈥搈y own (mantra); japam鈥揷丑补苍迟颈苍驳.
A desire then arose in my heart and I pondered, 鈥淐an I also worship 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 as Indra does? Will 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 mercifully satisfy my desire?鈥� Accepting whatever might happen, I remained there, chanting my mantra with this aspiration.
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, 鈥淚 pondered, 鈥榃ill I be so fortunate as to serve the Supreme Lord as Indra does, with the wealth of the three worlds? Will 艢谤墨 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 bestow His mercy unto me and make me fortunate by fulfilling my desire, impossible as it may seem?鈥� I then thought, 鈥樑毎� 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is the master of inconceivable opulences, and at the same time He is extraordinarily merciful鈥揌e can make the impossible come to pass.鈥� Thinking like this, I took up residence in Svarga and chanted the mantra of my Deity with determination.鈥�