Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.121, 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 2.2.121 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.121
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.121:
कदाचित� पुष्कर-द्वीपे स्�-भक्तान� कृपयेक्षितुम� �
प्रस्थित� हंसम� आरूढस् तत्रायातश् चतुर�-मुखः � १२� �첹峦 ṣk-屹ī - kṛpayekṣitum |
prasthito ṃs ārūḍhas tatrāyātaś ٳܰ-ܰ� || 121 ||첹峦–oԳ; ṣk-屹ī–in ʳṣk-屹ī貹; -–his devotees; ṛp–by the mercy; īṣiٳܳ–to see; ٳٲ�–set out; ṃs–on a swan; ūḍh�–mdzܲԳٱ; tatra–t; ٲ�–c; ٳܰ-ܰ�–the four-headed .
Once, Śrī jī, mounted on a swan, went to ʳṣk-屹ī貹 to mercifully grace his devotees with his 岹śԲ. On the way, he stopped in Tapoloka.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now Śrī Gopa-ܳ begins to explain his reason for going to Satyaloka. To establish the excellence of Satyaloka, in three verses he describes the glories of that planet’s ruler, Śrī . He says, “Once, the four-headed Śrī , seated on the back of a swan, was going to see his devotees in ʳṣk-屹ī貹. On the way, he stopped in Tapoloka.� Alternatively, the verse can be read to say, “Śrī was going to ʳṣk-屹ī貹 to let his devotees see him.� At the time, Gopa-ܳ did not know who Śrī really was, and so he described him just as he saw him: seated on a swan, four-headed, etc.