Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨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 2.3.1, 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 2.3.1 contained in Chapter 3鈥擝hajana (loving service)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.1
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.1:
啶多啶班-啶椸啶�-啶曕啶ぞ啶� 啶夃さ啶距鈥�
啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ-啶侧啶曕ぞ啶︵ 啶囙ぎ啶距 啶啶ム啶掂啶 啶嗋啶氞啶涏え啷� 啶︵啶粪啶熰さ啶距え啷� 啶呧す啶 啷�
啶啶班啶掂 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶う啷� 啶嗋じ啷�啶む 啶むう啷�-啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啷嬥そ啶啶 啶呧じ啷嵿い啶� 啶� 啶曕啶む啶班啶苦い啷� 啷� 啷� 啷�艣r墨-gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 uv膩ca鈥�
brahma-lok膩d im膩峁� 辫峁泃丑惫墨尘 腻驳补肠肠丑补苍 诲峁涐梗峁璦惫腻苍 aham |
p奴rva峁� yatra yad 腻蝉墨迟 tad-gandho'py asti na kutracit || 1 ||艣r墨-gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 uv膩ca鈥撆毎� Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 said; 产谤补丑尘补-濒辞办腻迟鈥揻rom Brahmaloka; 颈尘腻尘鈥搕丑颈蝉; 辫峁泃丑惫墨尘鈥搕o earth; 腻驳补肠肠丑补苍鈥搑别迟耻谤苍颈苍驳; 诲峁涐梗峁璦惫腻苍鈥搊产蝉别谤惫别诲; aham鈥揑; 辫奴谤惫补尘鈥揵别蹿辞谤别; yatra鈥搘丑别谤别; 测补诲腻鈥搘丑别苍; 腻蝉墨迟鈥搕here was; tat鈥搊f that; 驳补苍诲丑补岣�鈥搕he slightest trace; api鈥揺惫别苍; asti鈥搃蝉; na鈥搉辞迟; kutracit鈥揳苍测飞丑别谤别.
艢谤墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 said: O 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, when I returned to this earth from Brahmaloka, I observed there was no sign whatsoever, not even a scent, of what had been here before.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢谤墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
This Third Chapter describes how 艢谤墨 Gopa办耻尘腻谤补 crosses the eight coverings of the universe and reaches the abode of liberation. It also narrates how, in the presence of 艢谤墨 艢颈惫补, the eternal associates of the Lord in 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 describe to Gopa办耻尘腻谤补 the characteristics of bhakti, pure loving devotion to the Lord.
First, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 wants to show the authority of the words that came directly from the divine mouth of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍: 鈥淲hen the agitation of the time factor destroys the entire universe, 艢谤墨 惭补迟丑耻谤腻尘补峁囜笉补濒补 always remains as it is because of My eternal presence there along with My associates.鈥� Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 commences his narration of the glories of 艢谤墨 惭补迟丑耻谤腻 in two verses, beginning here with brahma. In the first half of this verse, he says, 鈥淗aving returned to earth after a long time in Brahmaloka, I observed the condition of the planet.鈥� In the second half, he says, 鈥淧reviously, demigods, human beings, and other beings were present, but now there was no sign of them anywhere at all.鈥�