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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 2.4.81, 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 2.4.81 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.81:

श्री-भगवान् उवाच�
स्वागत� स्वागत� वत्स दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या भवान� मय� �
सङ्गोऽत्� त्वद�-ईक्षायां चिरम� उत्कण्ठिते� हि � ८१ �

śī-󲹲 ܱ峦
svāgata� svāgata� vatsa diṣṭyā diṣṭyā 󲹱 |
saṅgo'tra tvad-īkṣāyā� ciram ٰܳ첹ṇṭ󾱳ٱԲ hi || 81 ||

śī-󲹲–the Lord; ܱ峦–s; svāgatam svāgatam–a hearty welcome; vatsa–O my child; diṣṭyā diṣṭyā–by very good fortune; 󲹱–ydz; –with Me; ṅg�–mپԲ; atra–h; ٱīṣ峾–for your sight; ciram–for a long time; ٰܳ첹ṇṭ󾱳ٱԲ–with eager longing; hi–iԻ.

Śī 󲹲 said: Dear boy, welcome, welcome! It is My good fortune, My very good fortune. For a long, long time I have been eagerly waiting to see you here.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “Ś� 󲹲, the crest jewel of the kind-hearted, desiring to put me at ease, honored me according to the proper etiquette for greeting a guest, saying, ‘My dearest, welcome, welcome!� Out of happiness, 󲹲 repeated His greeting twice. ‘I have been eagerly awaiting your arrival for a long time. It is a matter of great fortune that today I am seeing you face to face here in ղṇṭ.’�

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