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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.82, 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 2.1.82 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.82:

कि� निद्राभिभवोऽयं मे कि� भूताभिभवोऽथव� �
अह� मद�-दुःस्वभावो यच� छो�-स्थानेऽप� हृत्-सुखम� � ८२ �

ki� Ծbhibhavo'ya� me ki� bhūtābhibhavo'thavā |
aho mad-duḥsvabhāvo yac choka-sthāne'pi ṛt-sukham || 82 ||

kim–wٳ?; Ծ–by sleep; 󾱲󲹱�–oɳ; ayam–t󾱲; me–m; kim–wٳ?; ūٲ–by a ghost; 󾱲󲹱�–being overcome; atha vā–o; aho–A!; mat–m; �-屹�–wicked nature; yat–w󾱳; śǰ첹-ٳԱ–instead of lamenting; api–sپ; ṛt–in my heart; sukham–b.

“Is this impediment due to my excessive sleep, or is it because I am haunted by a ghost? Alas! What a wicked nature I possess that, even while being despondent, I experience happiness in my heart.�

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The 󳾲ṇa says, “Alas, alas! Why did this impediment arise?� This verse beginning with kim describes that he began to reflect within himself, “Is this due to the power of sleep? In deep slumber all sense organs stop functioning, so was my state similar? Or, has someone created a disturbance by casting a magic spell, as in witchcraft, or by using incantation and enchantment (tantra-mantra)? Or, is this happening because I have been possessed by a ghost? This is truly regretable! It must be due to my wicked nature that although my chanting is incomplete, I am feeling happy at heart instead of being depressed.�

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