Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 惭补丑腻r膩ja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.199, 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 2.1.199 contained in Chapter 1鈥擵airagya (renunciation)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.199
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.199:
啶掂た啶掂た啶оぞ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啶距じ啷� 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶く啶� 啶啶溹ぞ-啶す啷嬥い啷嵿じ啶掂ぞ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶多啶粪い啷� 啶す啶�-啶ぞ啶む啶班ぞ 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶距お啶� 啶椸啶｀啶∴た啶氞ぞ 啷� 啷оク啷� 啷�vividh膩 惫补谤诲丑颈迟腻s tasya 尘补测腻 p奴j膩-mahotsav膩岣� |
vi艣e峁to 尘补丑腻-测腻迟谤腻 dv膩da艣膩tr膩pi 驳耻峁囜笉颈肠腻 || 199 ||惫颈惫颈诲丑腻岣�鈥捣补谤颈别驳补迟别诲; 惫补谤诲丑颈迟腻岣�鈥搃苍肠谤别补蝉别诲; tasya鈥搊f Him; 尘补测腻鈥揵y me; 辫奴箩腻岣�鈥搕he practices of worship; 尘补丑腻-耻迟蝉补惫腻岣�鈥揼rand festivals; 惫颈艣别峁迟补岣�鈥揺蝉辫别肠颈补濒濒测; 尘补丑腻-测腻迟谤腻鈥搕he Ratha-测腻迟谤腻; 诲惫腻诲补艣补鈥搕飞别濒惫别; atra鈥搕丑别谤别; api鈥揺蝉辫别肠颈补濒濒测; 驳耻峁囜笉颈肠腻鈥揋耻峁囜笉颈肠腻.
After becoming king, I improved the standard of 艢r墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补deva鈥檚 various festivals. Year round, twelve grand monthly festivals such as 诲辞濒腻-测腻迟谤腻 are celebrated. Among those, I especially expanded the great festival known as Gu峁囜笉ic膩 惭补丑腻-测腻迟谤腻 (Ratha-测腻迟谤腻) to a much greater extent.
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 verses 198 and 199, 艢r墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 describes the result of obtaining the kingdom. He says, 鈥淎fter accepting the role of king, I expanded the level of 艢r墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补deva鈥檚 service and worship in all the major annual festivals, especially the twelve great monthly festivals, such as those in the month of 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍补. These included the Dola Festival (Swing Festival), the festival of damanaka flowers, bathing Lord 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补 in fragrant sandalwood water for Candana-测腻迟谤腻, the ceremonial bathing festival during 搁腻尘补-苍补惫补尘墨, Ratha-测腻迟谤腻 (Festival of the Chariots), 贬别谤腻辫补帽肠补尘墨, 艢补测补苍补-别办腻诲补艣墨, 笔腻谤艣惫补-别办腻诲补艣墨, 闯补苍尘腻峁ａ弓补尘墨, V膩manadv膩da艣墨, 尝补峁卥腻-测腻迟谤腻, 鲍迟迟丑腻苍补-别办腻诲补艣墨, O岣峚na-峁峁ａ弓丑墨, Pu峁膩 (笔补耻峁), 惭补办补谤补-蝉补峁卥谤腻苍迟颈, Vasanta-辫补帽肠补尘墨, as well as other great festivals.鈥�
Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 says, 鈥淚 made all these great festivals even more attractive so that people from the entire world would come to 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补-办峁迟谤补 (艢r墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补 笔耻谤墨). Among all of these festivals, I made the grand Gu峁囜笉ic膩 festival (Ratha-测腻迟谤腻) especially opulent.鈥� Gu峁囜笉ic膩-测腻迟谤腻, or Festival of Gu峁囜笉ic膩, celebrates the time when 艢r墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补-deva ascends His chariot with 艢r墨 叠补濒补谤腻尘补 and 艢r墨 厂耻产丑补诲谤腻 and travels to His home in the abode of 艢r墨 Gu峁囜笉ic膩. Here the term 惫补谤诲丑颈迟腻 means that among all the festivals, Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 made this the paramount one, making it more opulent and attractive than ever before.