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 2.3.143, 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 2.3.143 contained in Chapter 3鈥擝hajana (loving service)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.143
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.143:
啶む啶掂ぐ啶� 啶氞啶︵ 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啶多啶班啶う啷�-啶掂啶曕啶｀啶犩ぞ啶侧啶曕え啷� 啶むさ 啷�
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距き啷�啶粪啶�-啶啶班う-啶多啶班啶粪啶犩ぞ啶� 啶むぞ啶� 啶多啶班-啶掂啶班-啶啶掂 啶掂啶班 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�迟惫补谤腻 ced vidyate 艣r墨mad-vaiku峁囜弓h腻濒辞办补苍别 tava |
sarv膩bh墨峁ａ弓a-prada-艣re峁ａ弓h膩峁� t膩峁� 艣r墨-vraja-bhuva峁� vraja || 143 ||迟惫补谤腻鈥搎耻颈肠办濒测; cet鈥搃蹿; vidyate鈥搃蝉; 艣谤墨尘补诲-惫补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补鈥搊f splendid 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补; 腻濒辞办补苍别鈥搃n seeing; tava鈥搚辞耻谤; sarva鈥揳濒濒; 补产丑墨峁ａ弓补鈥搃ntense hankerings; prada鈥揻耻濒蹿颈濒濒颈苍驳; 艣谤别峁ａ弓丑腻尘鈥揺虫肠别濒濒别苍迟; 迟腻尘鈥搕丑补迟; 艣谤墨惫谤补箩补-产丑耻惫补尘鈥搕o 艢r墨 痴谤补箩补-产丑奴尘颈; vraja鈥揼辞.
Therefore, O 艢r墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补! If you desire to reach 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 quickly, then go to 艢r墨 痴谤补箩补-产丑奴尘颈. That land of Vraja is excellent in fulfilling all desires.
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)
Having concluded the secondary topic under discussion, the 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 辫腻谤峁诲补蝉 present the essence of the main topic. They say, 鈥淎fter reaching 艢ivaloka by the mercy of 艢r墨 惭补丑别艣惫补谤补, one gradually moves on to 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. However, if you are unable to tolerate the delay, then go to that celebrated 艢r墨 Vraja-产丑奴尘颈, which is dear to you. Why? The land of Vraja is the best of those places that can quickly fulfill all desires, and it does so in an unparalleled way.鈥�