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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.141, 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 2.2.141 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.141:

निद्रा-लीला� प्रभुर� भेजे लो�-पद्मेऽस्� नाभिजे �
सृष्टि-रीति� विधिर् वीक्ष्� स्�-कृत्यायाभवद् बहिः � १४� �

Ծ-līlā� prabhur bheje loka-padme'sya nābhije |
sṛṣṭi-rīti� vidhir īṣy sva-kṛtyāyābhavad � || 141 ||

Ծ–of sleep; ī峾𲹲پ; –the Lord; bheje–r𱹱𲹱; loka–which contains all the planets; padme–in the lotus flower; asya–H; -–born from His navel; ṛṣṭi-īپ–the process of creation; –B; īṣy–after understanding; -ṛtⲹ–for the performance of his own duties; abhavat–he became situated; –in the external world.

O 󳾲ṇa, thereafter, the Lord exhibited His pastime of sleep. Śī meanwhile studied the lotus that had emanated from the Lord’s navel and was able to acquire the knowledge required for generating the material universe. Then he left to perform his duty of creation.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The 󳾲ṇa may ask, “Then what happened? What pastime did the Lord manifest?�

Śī Gopa-ܳ replies in this verse beginning with Ծ. He says, “The Lord performed the pastime of sleeping.� Factually, though, Śī 󲹲, who is the embodiment of consciousness, never sleeps. “The lotus emanating from the navel of the Lord contains the fourteen planetary systems in their essential forms. Śī studied that lotus and was thereby able to understand the process of fulfilling his duty of creating the universe and how to complete the work quickly. Thereafter, to execute his duties, he left the abode of 󲹲 and went to his own residence.�

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