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 2.3.53, 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 2.3.53 contained in Chapter 3鈥擝hajana (loving service)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.53:
啶溹啶︵-啶掂た啶侧啷嵿し啶｀啶多啶掂ぐ啷嵿く啷� 啶啶曕啶�-啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶距ぇ啶苦啷嬥そ啶た 啶膏え啷� 啷�
啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む啶洁い啶�-啶膏う啷�-啶嗋啶距ぐ啷� 啶す啶�-啶掂た啶粪く啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶囙さ 啷� 啷ォ 啷�jagad-惫颈濒补办峁峁嘺i艣varyo mukta-varg膩dhiko'pi san |
濒补办峁补迟别'ti-sad-膩c膩ro mah膩-vi峁yav膩n iva || 53 ||jagat鈥搕o the material world; 惫颈濒补办峁峁嘺鈥揺虫迟谤补辞谤诲颈苍补谤测; 补颈艣惫补谤测补岣�鈥搊辫耻濒别苍肠别蝉; mukta鈥搊f liberated souls; varga鈥搕han the assembly; 补诲丑颈办补岣�鈥搒耻辫别谤颈辞谤; api鈥揺惫别苍; san鈥揵别颈苍驳; 濒补办峁补迟别鈥揳辫辫别补谤颈苍驳; 补迟颈蝉补迟-腻肠腻谤补岣�鈥搕ranscendental to the codes of good conduct; 尘补丑腻惫颈峁测补-惫腻苍鈥揳 great sensualist; iva鈥搇颈办别.
His distinctive opulences far surpassed anything of this world. Although he is far superior to all liberated souls, at the same time, he gave the impression of being a great hedonist who transgresses virtuous conduct.
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)
艢谤墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 continues, 鈥淭hat person, with his incomparable power and opulences, was extraordinary and distinct from this world. Still, he seemed to transgress the boundaries of acceptable behavior. He was fully renounced and naked, yet he always kept his beloved on his lap. He was the best of liberated personalities, freed from any connection to sense objects, yet he was using luxuries of a great enjoyer, such as an umbrella and yak-tail fans. Therefore, all his opulence and majesty seemed extraordinary and surprising.鈥� Here the word iva, meaning 鈥榓s if,鈥� factually refutes the possibility of his being a hedonist. This becomes apparent when one deliberates on the truth about him. 鈥淗e was the Supreme Lord, or 笔补谤补尘别艣惫补谤补, who protects religious principles, but he seemed to be violating societal norms. Additionally, the nature he exhibited was that of a highly liberated person, yet he was enjoying sense objects. I became very surprised to observe such peculiar behavior.鈥�