Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 惭补丑腻谤腻箩补 | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.1, 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 1.7.1 contained in Chapter 7鈥擯urna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)鈥攐f Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.1
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.1:
啶多啶班-啶ぐ啷�啶曕啶粪た啶︵ 啶夃さ啶距鈥�
啶囙い啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶�-啶ぐ啶苦さ啶距ぐ啶膏啶� 啶ぞ啶むじ啷� 啶むじ啷嵿く啶距い啶苦ぐ啷嬥う啶ㄠ啶� 啷�
啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶� 啶掂啶ぞ啶啶� 啶膏啷嵿啶距い啷� 啶す啷嬥い啷嵿お啶距い-啶氞く啶� 啶曕啶粪ぃ啶距い啷� 啷� 啷� 啷�艣r墨-par墨k峁d uv膩ca鈥�
ittha峁� sa-pariv膩rasya m膩tas tasy膩tirodanai岣� |
产谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补峁� vy膩pya sa帽j膩to mahotp膩ta-caya岣� k峁峁嚹乼 || 1 ||艢谤墨 笔补谤墨办峁迟 惭补丑腻谤腻箩补 said: O mother, when 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 and his family began to cry pitifully in this way, then the sound of their weeping instantly engulfed the entire 产谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补. Subsequently, various kinds of foreboding calamities such as shooting stars began to appear.
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)
This seventh chapter describes the curtailing of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 illusion from the crafty tricks of 艢谤墨 叠谤补丑尘腻. Finally, this chapter describes the subject matter of the glories of the pinnacle of excellence of the 驳辞辫墨蝉, in which 艢谤墨 狈腻谤补诲补 heard and described from the lotus mouth of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍.
The crying of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 instantly spread all over the entire 产谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补 and many different types of foreboding calamities like bolts of lightning and 鈥渟hooting stars鈥� (spontaneous meteors) began to appear.