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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.163, 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 2.2.163 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.163:

गूढोपनिषदः काश्चित् कैश्चिद् गूढैर् महागमै� �
सम� मह�-पुराणैश् � तूष्णीम् आसन् कृ�-स्मितः � १६� �

gūḍhopaniṣada� ś kaiścid ūḍhir mahāgamai� |
sama� mahā-ܰṇaiś ca ūṣṇī ṛt-ٲ� || 163 ||

ūḍh–cDzԴھԳپ; ܱ貹Ծṣa岹�–U貹Ծṣa; ś–cٲ; 첹ś–with some; ūḍhi�–cDzԴھԳپ; -岵�–great Āgamas; samam–wٳ; -ܰṇa�–great Purāṇas; ca–a; ūṣṇī–sԳ; –b𾱲Բ; ṛt-ٲ�–s.

Thereafter, some of the confidential 貹Ծṣa dedicated to bhakti, several confidential Ѳ-, the ղṣṇ Tantras such as ٱٲ-Գٲ and other ղṣṇ Tantras, and Śī Ѳ-ܰṇa smiled gravely while remaining silent.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “Those rare and most confidential scriptures, who are devoted to the loving service of 󲹲, including some very confidential 貹Ծṣa; some of the major, esoteric Āgamas; ղṣṇ Tantras such as SātvataԳٲ; and the Ѳ-ܰṇa Śī-岵am, all smiled slightly and became silent. “They thought, ‘Ah! Is the opulence of the illusory potency () of 󲹲 not astonishing? It is dismaying that even omniscient personalities cannot comprehend essential principles of truth that are unmistakably established in the scriptures. Or, another way of understanding this situation is that these omniscient personalities are disregarding bhakti by merely establishing that its point of exaltation lies in the glory of bestowing liberation. Whatever the case may be, there is no point in speaking with these scriptures.� Thus, considering it useless to engage in discussion with someone of disparate opinion, and considering it improper to reveal supremely confidential truths about bhakti in such an assembly, those confidential and esoteric scriptures refrained from speaking.�

In essence: To ascend the highest peak of bhagavad-bhakti, one has to sequentially climb the lower steps of fruitive activities, speculative knowledge, and then liberation. The glories of these lower rungs culminate in the exaltation of bhakti, and thus, while expounding their greatness, one might also eventually glorify bhakti. However, that does not do justice to the real glories of devotion in pure love. As a great treasure that has fallen into some unfit place does not belong there, so it is unbefitting that bhakti be included in the ranks of karma, ñԲ, and so on.

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