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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 2.2.231, 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 2.2.231 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.231:

श्री-गो�-कुमा� उवाच�
तेषाम् एतैर� वचोभिर� मे भक्त�-वृद्धि� गत� प्रभ� �
विचारश� चै� हृदयेऽजन� माथु�-भूसु� � २३� �

śrī-gopa-ܳ uvāca
ٱṣām etair vacobhir me bhakti-vṛddhi� prabhau |
vicāraś caiṣa ṛd'jani ٳܰ-ūܰ || 231 ||

śrī-gopa-ܳ� uvāca–Ś� Gopa-ܳ said; ٱṣām–of them; ٲ�–with these; Dz�–wǰ; me–of me; bhakti–in devotion; ṛd󾱳–iԳ𲹲; –b𳦲; prabhau–to the Lord; –a thought; ca–a; ṣa�–t󾱲; ṛd–in the heart; ajani–mԾڱٱ; ٳܰ-ūܰ–O Brahman-realized person from Ѳٳܰ.

Śī Gopa-ܳ said: After hearing these words of the Vedas and ʳܰṇa, my devotion for Śī 󲹲 increased even more. O Ѳٳܰ 󳾲ṇa, then the following thought arose in my heart.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “My devotion to the Lord deepened even more because of hearing the words of Śīmad Bhāgavatam and all the other scriptures that establish the glories of service to 󲹲.�

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