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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 2.3.99, 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 2.3.99 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.99:

श्री-गो�-कुमा� उवाच�
ब्रह्मंस� तत�-प्राप्तय� जा�-मह�-लालसया भृशाम् �
अह� चिन्तार्णव-पा�-भङ्ग-रङ्ग� प्रनर्तितः � ९९ �

śrī-gopa-ܳ uvāca
brahmaṃs ٲ-ٲ ٲ-- bhṛśām |
aha� cintārṇava-pāra-ṅg-ṅg Բپٲ� || 99 ||

śrī-gopa-ܳ� uvāca–Ś� Gopa-ܳ said; brahman–O 󳾲ṇa; ٲ-ٲ–to attain that place; ٲ–was born; –g𲹳; –by the desire; ṛśa–g𲹳; aham–I; Գ岹ṇa–ocean of anxiety; –sǰ; ṅg-ṅg–on the pleasure waves; Բپٲ�–uncontrollably dancing.

Śī Gopa-ܳ said: O 󳾲ṇa, a great desire to go to ղṇṭ arose in me and drove me to dance uncontrollably on a stage of the waves of a boundless ocean of anxiety.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “After that, a great greed to reach ղṇṭ began to make me dance uncontrollably on a stage made of the waves in a boundless ocean of anxious thoughts. In other words, I became agitated with tremendous worry as to whether or not I would be able to reach my desired destination, ղṇṭ.�

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