Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.207, 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 2.4.207 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.207
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.207:
श्री-नारद उवाच�
प्रतिम� या मयोद्दिष्टाः साक्षाद् भगवत� समाः �
तासाम् अर्च�-माहात्म्यं तावद� आस्तां सुदूरत� � २०� �śrī-nārada uvāca�
pratimā yā mayoddiṣṭā� sākṣād � |
峾 arcana-māhātmya� tāvad āstā� sudūrata� || 207 ||śrī-nārada� uvāca–Ś� 岹 said; پ�–Dپ; �–w; –by me; ܻ徱ṣṭ�–d; ṣāt–d; –with the Lord; �–eܲ; 峾–of Them; arcana–of worship; ٳⲹ–the glories; 屹–so much (questioning); 峾–i; -ūٲ�–very far (irrelevant).
Śī 岹 said: Those Deities I described before are all directly Himself, and there is no question about the glories of worshiping Them.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śī 岹 says, “I previously discussed the -ԲԻ岹 Deities, which are as good as Śī ṛṣṇa Himself. Their arcana is glorious, so how can there be anything wrong with worshiping Them? Firm faith in this is a great quality. What more need be said?�