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 2.3.142, 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 2.3.142 contained in Chapter 3鈥擝hajana (loving service)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.142
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.142:
啶す啶︵啶た啶班 啶啷嵿い啶�-啶ㄠた啶粪啶犩啶多 啶� 啶� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶о啶ㄠ啶むた 啶え啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶す啶�-啶啶班じ啶距う-啶班啶啶 啶啶班き啷嬥ぐ啷� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷� 啶呧え啷佮き啷傕く啶む 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�mahadbhir bhakti-ni峁ａ弓hai艣 ca na sv膩dh墨neti manyate |
尘补丑腻-辫谤补蝉腻诲补-r奴peya峁� prabhor ity 补苍耻产丑奴测补迟别 || 142 ||尘补丑补诲产丑颈岣�鈥揵y the great souls; 产丑补办迟颈-苍颈峁ａ弓丑补颈岣�鈥搘ho are fixed in devotional service; ca鈥揳濒蝉辞; na鈥搉辞迟; 蝉惫补-补诲丑墨苍补岣�鈥揹ependent on themselves; iti鈥搕丑耻蝉; manyate鈥揷辞苍蝉颈诲别谤别诲; 尘补丑腻鈥揼谤别补迟; 辫谤补蝉腻诲补鈥搈别谤肠测; 谤奴辫腻鈥揻辞谤尘; iyam鈥搕丑颈蝉; 辫谤补产丑辞岣�鈥搊f the Lord; iti鈥搕丑耻蝉; 补苍耻产丑奴测补迟别鈥搃s experienced.
However, great devotees who are fixed in bhakti do not consider devotional service to be subservient to their own power. Rather, they experience it as the supreme mercy of the Lord.
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)
The experience of great personalities fully proves this point. Therefore, this verse beginning with 尘补丑补诲产丑颈岣� is spoken. The 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 辫腻谤峁诲补蝉 say, 鈥淭he great personalities fixed in devotional service do not regard bhakti to be under the control of their senses. Rather, they consider it to be the great mercy of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍; they do not think it achievable by their own power.鈥�