Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 惭补丑腻r膩ja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.128, 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 2.2.128 contained in Chapter 2鈥擩nana (knowledge)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.128
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.128:
啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶む啶� 啶囙さ 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶多啶班啶い啷� 啶� 啶灌た 啶た啶︵啶い啷� 啷�
啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啷堗さ 啶侧啶侧く啶� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶啶班啶むた啶啶ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶むた 啶ㄠ 啶い啶 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�tasya putra iva 产谤补丑尘腻 艣谤奴测补迟别 na hi bhidyate |
brahmaiva 濒墨濒补测腻 tatra m奴rtibhy膩峁� 产丑腻迟颈 no matam || 128 ||tasya鈥搊f Him; 辫耻迟谤补岣�鈥搕he son; iva鈥搇颈办别; 产谤补丑尘腻鈥揃谤补丑尘腻; 艣谤奴测补迟别鈥搃t is heard; na鈥搉辞迟; ca鈥搃苍诲别别诲; bhidyate鈥搃s divided; 产谤补丑尘腻鈥揃谤补丑尘腻; eva鈥搃苍诲别别诲; 濒墨濒补测腻鈥揵y a pastime; tatra鈥搕丑别谤别; 尘奴谤迟颈产丑测腻尘鈥搘ith two forms; 产丑腻迟颈鈥搒丑颈苍别蝉; 苍补岣�鈥搊耻谤; matam鈥搊辫颈苍颈辞苍.
鈥淭丑别 艢谤耻迟颈蝉 tell us that 叠谤补丑尘腻j墨 is like the son of that 惭补丑腻-辫耻谤耻峁, and thus there is no difference between them. It is our opinion that it is 艢谤墨 叠谤补丑尘腻 who manifests in these two forms as a pastime.鈥�
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 might object, 鈥淚f the Supreme Lord of the universe, 艢谤墨 闯补驳补诲墨艣惫补谤补, is directly present in Satyaloka, how can you glorify 艢谤墨 叠谤补丑尘腻 as the master and supreme authority of that planet?鈥�
To address this, Sanaka and other great sages speak this verse beginning with tasya. In the first line, they use the word iva, meaning 鈥榣ike,鈥� to indicate: 鈥淚t is traditionally accepted and we have heard from the 艢谤耻迟颈蝉 that 艢谤墨 叠谤补丑尘腻 is like a son to that thousand-headed Personality of Godhead, but there is no proof of this. We are all his sons, and so we are junior to him. We have not seen his birth; we have only heard about it.鈥�
The doubt could be furthered, 鈥淚f 叠谤补丑尘腻 is the son of the Supreme Person, then it is clear that there has to be a difference between the two of them. A son regards his father with reverence, so one is the worshiper and the other is the worshiped.鈥�
The sages reply, 鈥淲e are not of that opinion. 叠谤补丑尘腻 alone, as part of his self-determined activities, has manifested two forms of the Personality of Godhead: Catur-mukha, the Lord with four heads, and Sahasra-艣墨r峁Ｄ� 惭补丑腻-辫耻谤耻峁, the Lord with a thousand heads. 艢谤墨 叠谤补丑尘腻 also possesses the qualities of the Lord of the universe. So our firm conclusion is that they are nondifferent.鈥�