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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 2.2.209, 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 2.2.209 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.209:

अवान्त�-फल� भक्तेर� एव मोक्षादि यद्यपि �
तथाप� नात्मारामत्व� ग्राह्यं प्रे�-विरोधि यत� � २०� �

avāntara-phala� bhakter eva mokṣ� yadyapi |
tathāpi nٳrāmatva� grāhya� prema-virodhi yat || 209 ||

Գٲ-󲹱–the secondary results; 󲹰ٱ�–of devotional service; eva–cٲԱ; ǰṣa–lپDz; –and so forth; yadi api–aٳdzܲ; tathā api–sپ; na–ndz; ٳ-峾-ٱ–the state of taking pleasure in the self; –should be accepted; prema–in attaining love; virodhi–an impediment; yat–w󾱳.

Self-satisfaction, liberation, and so on are secondary results of bhakti. But since they are opposed to prema, which is the principal result of devotion, the devotees never accept them.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śī Gopa-ܳ might ask, “Can the state of self-satisfaction (ٳ-峾) be regarded as bhakti or not?�

The 󲹰پ-śٰ reply, “The state of being self-satisfied is a secondary result of devotion.� The word , meaning ‘and so on,� indicates that devotional service bestows secondary results such as selfsatisfaction, mystic perfections and knowledge. “An example is that a cooking fire may also destroy darkness and cold, but these results are only secondary to the primary function of cooking. Similarly, liberation is the secondary, not primary, result of bhakti, which includes hearing (śṇa) and chanting (īٲԲ). Devotees of the Lord, however, not only do not accept ٳ-峾 and all these secondary results of bhakti, they actively reject them. This is because these secondary results are opposed to the principal result, which is prema, or pure love for the Lord.�

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