Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śī Śīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.76, 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 2.4.76 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.76
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.76:
तद�-दर्शनानन्द-भरेण तेषा� विस्मृत्� शिक्षा� बत पार्षदानाम� �
गोपा� हे जीवितम� इत्य� अभिक्ष्ण� क्रोशन्न� अधाव� परिरम्भणाय � ७६ �tad-darśanԲԻ岹-ṇa teṣāṃ ṛtⲹ śikṣāṃ bata ṣa峾 |
DZ he īٲ ity abhikṣṇa� śn adhāva� 貹ṇҲ || 76 ||ٲ-岹śԲ–from seeing Him; ԲԻ岹-ṇa–by the influence of bliss; ٱṣām–t; ṛtⲹ–completely forgetting; śṣām–iԲٰܳپDz; bata–iԻ; ṣa峾–of the associates; DZ–GDZ; he–O; īٲ–my life!; iti–tܲ; īṣṇ–cDzԳپԳܴdzܲ; ś–sdzܳپԲ; 屹–I ran; 貹ṇҲ–to fully embrace.
I was absorbed in the bliss of the Lord’s 岹śԲ and forgot what His associates had instructed me. Thus, loudly shouting over and over again, “O ҴDZ, O my life and soul!� I ran to embrace the Lord.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śī Gopa-ܳ says, “I was filled with joy upon seeing Śī . Although the Lord’s eternal associates had advised me regarding the special custom of offering prayers and so on in front of Him, forgetting all of their instructions, I ran with outstretched arms towards the Lord to embrace Him.� “How is it you did that?� the ṇa might ask.
Gopa-ܳ says, “Eager with intense desire, I repeatedly cried out, ‘O ҴDZ! O my life and soul!� Saying this again and again, I was seized by bewilderment. Actually, by worshiping the Lord with the ten-syllable mantra, one experiences maddening ecstasy which makes one lose all fear and reverence towards one’s worshipable Lord.�