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 2.2.68, 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 2.2.68 contained in Chapter 2鈥擩nana (knowledge)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.68
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.68:
啶掂た啶灌ぞ啶� 啶啷嵿-啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶啷嵿い啷嵿く啷嬥い啷嵿ぅ啶距く 啶す啶班啶粪た啶た啶� 啷�
啶啶班ぃ啶啶� 啶о啶ぞ啶�-啶ㄠた啶粪啶犩啶洁じ啷� 啶啷嵿啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班さ啶︵ 啶呧ぐ啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啷� 啷ギ 啷�惫颈丑腻测补 测补箩帽补-办补谤尘腻峁噄 bhaktyotth膩ya mahar峁bhi岣� |
辫谤补峁嘺尘测补 dhy膩na-ni峁ａ弓ho'sau yaj帽e艣varavad 补谤肠颈迟补岣� || 68 ||惫颈丑腻测补鈥揳产补苍诲辞苍颈苍驳; 测补箩帽补鈥搊f sacrifice; 办补谤尘腻峁噄鈥搕he activities; 产丑补办迟测腻鈥搘ith devotion; 耻迟迟丑腻测补鈥搑颈蝉颈苍驳; 尘补丑腻-峁涐梗颈产丑颈岣�鈥揵y the great sages; 辫谤补峁嘺尘测补鈥揵辞飞颈苍驳; 诲丑测腻苍补-苍颈峁ａ弓丑补岣�鈥揹edicated to meditation; asau鈥揾别; 测补箩帽补-墨艣vara-vat鈥搇ike the Lord of sacrifices; 补谤肠颈迟补岣�鈥搘as worshiped.
Seeing that great personality, who was absorbed in meditation, the 尘补丑补谤峁蝉 abandoned their sacrificial rituals and prostrated themselves before him. With loving devotion, they worshiped him in a manner equal to their worship of 艢谤墨 Yaj帽e艣vara.
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 叠丑峁沢耻 and the other sages saw that child, they abandoned their religious ritual of fire sacrifice, offered him da峁囜笉avat pra峁嚹乵as (prostrated obeisance) and ardently worshiped him in the same way that they worship Yaj帽e艣vara.
But being rapt in meditation, he did not speak with them.鈥�