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 2.4.21, 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 2.4.21 contained in Chapter 4鈥擵aikuntha (the spiritual world)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.21
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.21:
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bhagavad-bhakti-dipt膩bhy膩峁� netr膩bhy膩峁� 驳补峁嘺测补 蝉迟丑颈谤补岣� || 21 ||atra鈥揾别谤别; 补诲峁涐梗峁璦鈥搉ever seen; 补艣谤耻迟补鈥搉ever heard; 腻艣肠补谤测补鈥搊f wonders; samudra鈥搊f an ocean; 奴谤尘颈鈥搘补惫别蝉; 辫补谤补尘辫补谤腻尘鈥搊ne after the other; bhagavat-bhakti鈥揵y devotional service to the allopulent Lord; 诲墨辫迟腻产丑测腻尘鈥搃濒濒耻尘颈苍补迟别诲; 苍别迟谤腻产丑测腻尘鈥搘ith eyes; 驳补峁嘺测补鈥揷辞耻苍迟; 蝉迟丑颈谤补岣�鈥搑emaining steadfast.
鈥淲ith your mind steady and your eyes illuminated by loving devotion to the Lord, behold the multitude of uncommon opulences in 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. Count the waves in the ocean of astonishing wonders that have never been seen or heard of before.鈥�
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 eternal 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 associates jokingly speak this verse beginning with atra to remove any possible distress of separation that Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 might suffer. They say, 鈥淪it here with a calm heart, and with your sight illuminated by loving service to the Lord (bhagavad-bhakti), count the sets of waves in the ocean of wonders鈥搘onders unseen and unheard of before.鈥�
They say this for a particular reason. By directly witnessing the endless succession of extraordinary wonders, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 will experience the special glories of the Lord of 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补, and thus his eagerness to have the Lord鈥檚 诲补谤艣补苍补 will greatly increase. Another reason the 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补 associates asked Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 to sit near the outer gate of the city is that they wanted him to understand what it means to be a servant of the Lord in 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 mood of great opulence.
鈥淐ount the endless flow of waves in the ocean of astonishing wonders.鈥� This sentence has a double meaning and should be seen as joking words. Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 might ask, 鈥淲hat power do human eyes have to see such astonishing phenomena?鈥� Therefore the associates say, 鈥淪uch wonders spontaneously manifest in eyes that are illuminated by bhagavad-bhakti. It is only with these eyes that one can behold the Lord.鈥�