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 2.2.228, 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 2.2.228 contained in Chapter 2鈥擩nana (knowledge)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.228
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.228:
啶啶掂い啷�-啶膏啶掂啷堗じ啷� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶椸い啷堗ざ啷� 啶� 啶膏啶掂啶氞啶涏く啶� 啶ぐ啶 啷�
啶灌啶︵啶ぞ啶曕ぞ啶班 啶樴え啷�-啶啶む 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ-啶班啶 啶むう啷� 啶堗啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ㄠエ啷� 啷�bhagavat-sevakais tatra gatai艣 ca svecchay膩 param |
h峁沝y膩k膩ra峁� ghan墨-bh奴ta峁� brahma-r奴pa峁� tad 墨办峁补迟别 || 228 ||bhagavat鈥搊f the Lord; 蝉别惫补办补颈岣�鈥揵y the servants; tatra鈥搕丑别谤别; 驳补迟补颈岣�鈥揾aving gone; ca鈥揳濒蝉辞; 蝉惫补-颈肠肠丑补测腻鈥揵y their own desire; param鈥搕丑别谤别补蹿迟别谤; 丑峁沝颈鈥搕hat is pleasing to their heart; 腻办腻谤补尘鈥搕he form; 驳丑补苍墨-产丑奴迟补尘鈥揷辞苍诲别苍蝉别诲; 产谤补丑尘补-谤奴辫补尘鈥揻orm of Brahman; tat鈥搕丑补迟; 墨办峁补迟别鈥搃s seen.
If sometimes, servants of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 go to the abode of liberation by their own volition, then, according to their heart鈥檚 sentiments, they see that abode of liberation as the embodiment of condensed Brahman, or Absolute Truth.
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)
This verse beginning with bhagavat describes the Personality of 惭补丑腻办腻濒补 as possessing a definite form. The 产丑补办迟颈艣腻蝉迟谤补蝉 say, 鈥淭he servants of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 might go to the abode of liberation, but there they directly experience that abode as having a beautiful form according to the proclivity of their hearts. Why do they go to 惭补丑腻办腻濒补-pura? They go there only out of their independent desire, because there is no other reason to go there.鈥� Or, it may be said, 鈥淚n order to observe, they go there of their own volition and have 诲补谤艣补苍补 of the Lord who resides there as the personification of concentrated Brahman.鈥�