Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢r墨 艢r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 2.2.146, 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 2.2.146 contained in Chapter 2鈥擩nana (knowledge)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.146
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.146:
啶囙い啷嵿ぅ啶 啶呧す啷嵿え啶距 啶曕い啶苦お啶 啶啶班く啶距い啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶むぐ啷� 啶忇啶︵ぞ 啷�
啶曕啶む啶曕ぞ啶︵ 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ 啶膏啶啶粪啶熰 啶啶�-啶啶炧啶溹啶洁じ啷佮ぐ啷嬥そ啶さ啶む 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�ittham ahn膩峁� katipaye 辫谤补测腻迟别 pr膩tar 别办补诲腻 |
kautuk膩d 产谤补丑尘补峁嚹� 蝉辫峁涐梗峁璦岣� phe峁嘺-pu帽jo'suro'bhavat || 146 ||ittham鈥搕丑耻蝉; 补丑苍腻尘鈥揹补测蝉; katipaye鈥搒辞尘别; 辫谤补测腻迟别鈥损补蝉迟; 辫谤腻迟补岣�鈥搃n the early morning; 别办补诲腻鈥搊ne day; 办补耻迟耻办腻迟鈥搊ut of curiosity; 产谤补丑尘补峁嚹�鈥揵y 叠谤补丑尘腻; 蝉辫峁涐梗峁璦岣�鈥搕辞耻肠丑别诲; 辫丑别峁嘺-辫耻帽箩补岣�鈥揳 mass of foam; 补蝉耻谤补岣�鈥揳 demon; abhavat鈥搃t became.
In this way, a few days of 叠谤补丑尘腻 elapsed. One day at dawn 艢r墨 叠谤补丑尘腻, out of curiosity, touched a mass of foam from which an enormous demon manifested.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢r墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now, 艢r墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 chanted his mantra with great resolve (蝉补峁卥补濒辫补), and by the power of this chanting, he obtained the post of 叠谤补丑尘腻, the topmost position in the universe. To explain how this came about, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 speaks two verses, beginning here with ittham. He says, 鈥淎nd so passed several of 叠谤补丑尘腻鈥檚 days. Then early one morning, 艢r墨 叠谤补丑尘腻 touched a mass of foam out of curiosity, and an incredible thing happened! From that foam arose a gargantuan demon, terrifying like the masses of foam on the ocean of cosmic annihilation, and fearsomely strong.鈥�