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 2.3.51, 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 2.3.51 contained in Chapter 3鈥擝hajana (loving service)鈥攐f Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.51
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.51:
啶椸啶班啶ぞ 啶ㄠた啶溹ぞ啶權啶曕ぞ啶多啶班た啶むく啶距え啷佮ぐ啶炧啶溹た啶む 啶︵た啶掂啶ぞ啶むた啶︵た啶掂啶啶� 啶曕げ啶苦い啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿啶︵啶� 啷�
啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶距え啷佮ぐ啷傕お啷堗 啶ぐ啶苦さ啶距ぐ-啶膏啷嵿啶啶� 啶膏啶膏啶掂啶ぎ啶距え啶� 啶班啶氞た啶班ぞ啶曕啶む啶灌た啶む啶� 啷� 啷ェ 啷�驳补耻谤测腻 nij膩峁卥腻艣谤颈迟补测腻nura帽jita峁� divy膩tidivyai岣� kalita峁� 辫补谤颈肠肠丑补诲补颈岣� |
膩tm膩nur奴pai岣� 辫补谤颈惫腻谤补-蝉补帽肠补测补颈岣� sa峁僺evyam膩na峁� rucir膩k峁泃墨丑颈迟补颈岣� || 51 ||驳补耻谤测腻鈥搘ith Gaur墨; 苍颈箩补-补峁卥补鈥搊n his lap; 腻艣谤颈迟补测腻鈥揵y taking shelter; 补苍耻谤补帽箩颈迟补尘鈥损濒别补蝉别诲; 诲颈惫测补-补迟颈-诲颈惫测补颈岣�鈥搘ith supremely divine items; kalitam鈥搊蹿蹿别谤别诲; 辫补谤颈肠肠丑补诲补颈岣�鈥搘ith paraphernalia; 腻迟尘补-补苍耻谤奴辫补颈岣�鈥搒uitable for his service; 辫补谤颈惫腻谤补鈥搊f associates; 蝉补帽肠补测补颈岣�鈥揵y his assembly; 蝉补峁僺别惫测补尘腻苍补尘鈥揵eing rendered all kinds of service; 谤耻肠颈谤补-腻办峁泃颈鈥搘hose charming forms; 墨丑颈迟补颈岣�鈥揵y the activities.
Sitting on his lap was a woman of golden complexion, who was satisfied with his affection. That great personality was surrounded by suitable attendants who were serving him with celestial umbrellas, 肠腻尘补谤补蝉, and other items that were even more divine than that of heaven. These servants, whose forms and actions were most enchanting, were perfectly suited to their master.
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)
艢谤墨 Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 says, 鈥溑毎� Gaur膩峁単墨 (P膩rvat墨dev墨) was sitting on his lap, and they were delighting one another with their mutual love.鈥� Gopa-办耻尘腻谤补 does not know her identity, and so he uses the word 驳补耻谤腻峁単墨 (one with a golden hue), referring to her by complexion. 鈥淭he most divine, super-excellent umbrellas, yak-tail fans (肠腻尘补谤补蝉), and other paraphernalia adorned 惭补丑腻诲别惫补, and attendants just suited to him were serving him. Some of his devotees were fanning him with the yak-tail fans, another held up the umbrella, and so on. What were his followers like? Their forms and the movements of their bodies were very pleasing. For instance, 艢谤墨 骋补峁噀艣补 had a big belly and the head of an elephant.鈥�
By worshiping 骋补峁噀艣补 and other demigods, one obtains a bodily shape like them. However, it is explained in 艢谤墨 V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺, in the episode of the war between Lord 艢颈惫补 and Andhaka, that by worshiping 艢颈惫补 with the sentiment that he is nondifferent from 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, one receives a very beautiful body on 艢谤墨 艢颈惫补鈥檚 planet.