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 2.4.233, 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 2.4.233 contained in Chapter 4鈥擵aikuntha (the spiritual world)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.233
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.233:
啶曕う啶距啶苦う啷� 啶忇さ 啶曕じ啷嵿ぎ啷堗啶苦い啷� 啶むう啷�-啶忇啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ-啶膏啶啶灌ぞ啶掂い啷� 啷�
啶む 啶︵う啷嵿く啶距う啷� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶啷嵿い啶苦 啶侧啶�-啶ぞ啶灌啶ぞ啶� 啶о啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�kad膩cid eva kasmaicit tad-ek膩rtha-sp峁沨膩vate |
ta峁� dady膩d 产丑补驳补惫腻苍 bhakti峁� 濒辞办补-产腻丑测腻测补 dh墨mate || 233 ||办补诲腻肠颈迟鈥搒辞尘别迟颈尘别蝉; eva鈥搃苍诲别别诲; kasmaicit鈥搖nto someone; tad鈥搕丑补迟; eka-artha鈥搊苍别-辫辞颈苍迟别诲濒测; 蝉辫峁沨腻-惫补迟别鈥搖nto one who desires; 迟腻尘鈥搕丑补迟; 诲补诲测腻迟鈥揌e may give; 产丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥搕he Lord; bhaktim鈥揹evotional service; 濒辞办补-产腻丑测腻测补鈥搕o one who has nothing to do with the world; 诲丑墨-尘补迟别鈥搕o an intelligent person.
Only rarely does 艢r墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 give this prema-bhakti, and then, only to one who is highly elevated, who desires nothing other than loving devotional service to Him, and who is beyond the realm of social convention.
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)
In this verse beginning with 办补诲腻肠颈迟, 艢r墨 狈腻谤补诲补 explains that 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 grants this loving devotional service only rarely to that noble-hearted person who is indifferent to the behavior of ordinary men and who, due to his strong desire for prema-bhakti, has, in the manner of one vomiting poison, given up all comforts. Because of his indifference to social custom, people consider him mad and therefore, although they may not deride him, they disregard him.