Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨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 2.4.166, 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 2.4.166 contained in Chapter 4鈥擵aikuntha (the spiritual world)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.166
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.166:
啶い啷嵿え啷�-啶膏す啶膏啶班啶班 啶啶椸お啶む 啶啶班ぃ啷�啶む 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶啶權啶曕啶む 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶う啷堗啶� 啷�
啶ざ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶 啶呧い啷嵿ぐ 啶ぅ啶� 啶啶班い啶苦じ啷嵿さ啶 啶嗋う啷� 啶ぎ啶距う啶む啶むぞ 啶むう啷� 啶忇さ 啶啶洁い啷嵿い啶� 啷� 啷оガ啷� 啷�辫补迟苍墨-sahasrair yugapat pra峁嚹玹a峁� dravya峁� sa 产丑耻峁卥迟别 产丑补驳补惫腻苍 yadaika岣� |
辫补艣测补苍迟颈 t膩ny atra 测补迟丑腻 pratisvam 腻诲补耻 mam膩datt膩 tad eva me'tti || 166 ||辫补迟苍墨鈥搊f wives; 蝉补丑补蝉谤补颈岣�鈥搘ith thousands; yugapat鈥搒颈尘耻濒迟补苍别辞耻蝉濒测; 辫谤补峁嚹玹补尘鈥搊蹿蹿别谤别诲; dravyam鈥揳n item; 蝉补岣�鈥揌别; 产丑耻峁卥迟别鈥揺苍箩辞测蝉; 产丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥搕he Lord; 测补诲腻鈥搘丑别苍; 别办补岣�鈥搊苍别; 辫补艣测补苍迟颈鈥搕hey see; 迟腻苍颈鈥搕丑别尘; atra鈥揾别谤别; 测补迟丑腻鈥揳蝉; prati-svam鈥搊飞苍; 腻诲补耻鈥揻颈谤蝉迟; mama鈥揻rom me; 腻诲补迟迟补鈥揾as taken; tat鈥搕丑补迟; eva鈥搃苍诲别别诲; me鈥搈测; atti鈥揌e eats.
When the one 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 simultaneously enjoys the food preparations offered to Him by His thousands of wives, every wife feels, 鈥�Prabhu is accepting my offering first.鈥� In this way, every one of 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺鈥檚 beloved consorts sees the Lord separately enjoying only her preparations.
Commentary: Dig-dar艣in墨-峁玨膩 with Bh膩v膩nuv膩da
(By 艢谤墨la San膩tana Gosv膩m墨 himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
In this verse beginning with 辫补迟苍墨, 艢谤墨 狈腻谤补诲补 demonstrates the influence of the inconceivable potency by citing the example of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 loving behavior with His beloved consorts.
He says, 鈥淎lthough 艢谤墨 搁腻诲丑腻 and the other beautiful Vraja damsels, or 艢谤墨 搁耻办尘颈峁嚹� and the thousands of other queens, all offer food preparations to 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 at the same time, still 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 eats all those preparations simultaneously while thousands of His beloveds watch the Lord鈥檚 bhojana-濒墨濒腻, His pastime of eating. What do they see? Every beloved feels, 鈥�Aho! I am so fortunate that my Lord is eating my offering first.鈥欌�� In this verse, the word 测补迟丑腻 indicates that 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 cannot behave in any illusory way. Being expert in expanding His special love, 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 acts affectionately with all of them. Actually, this is not so unusual because His very goal is to shower His affection on all. Therefore, such loving behavior can never be 尘腻测颈办补, or unreal.