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 1.2.99, 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 1.2.99 contained in Chapter 2鈥擠ivya (the celestial plane)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.99
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.99:
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶椸え啷嵿い啷佮 啶さ啶距え啷� 啶多啷嵿い啶� 啶多啶班-啶多た啶掂 啶多啶︵啶�-啶啷嵿い啶苦ぎ啶距え啷� 啷�
啶呧き啶苦啶啶� 啶むぎ啷� 啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶苦い啷嵿く 啶曕啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶粪啶｀じ啷嵿く 啶ざ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ク 啷�tatra gantu峁� bhav膩n 艣akta岣� 艣r墨-艣ive 艣uddha-bhaktim膩n |
abhigamya tam 膩艣ritya 办峁沺腻峁� k峁涐梗峁嘺sya pa艣yatu || 99 ||O 狈腻谤补诲补, therefore go to that place because of your pure devotion to 艢r墨 艢颈惫补. Go to 艢颈惫补loka, accept his shelter and see the grace of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 upon him.
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)
鈥淎ll right, then how do I go to 艢r墨 艢颈惫补loka?鈥� Therefore, he says tatra and so on. With pure devotion for 艢r墨 惭补丑腻诲别惫补, go there. Here, the meaning of the words 艣uddhabhaktim膩n is 鈥渨ith a pure devotional, nondifferent mood towards 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and 艢r墨 Siva.鈥� This is to be considered. Therefore, go to 艢颈惫补loka and accept his shelter. By worshipping him with obeisances, prayers and so on, we can realize the characteristic mercy of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 upon him. The characteristic behavior of mercy is bhakti 腻肠补谤补峁嘺, wherein the practice of devotion and resultant mercy are both directly perceivable. Here bhakti or devotion and 办峁沺腻 or grace are explained as nondifferent because of their mutual cause and effect relationship.