Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.20, 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 1.2.20 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.20
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.20:
गोपालैः क्रियमाणां मे न्यहन् पूजां चिरन्तनीम् ।
अखण्डं खाण्डवाख्यं मे प्रियम् दाहितवान् वनम् ॥ २० ॥gopālaiḥ kriyamāṇāṃ me nyahan pūjāṃ cirantanīm |
akhaṇḍaṃ khāṇḍavākhyaṃ me priyam dāhitavān vanam || 20 ||He spoiled the pūjā in my honor that the gopālas performed for so long. In addition, He engulfed my dearmost and vast Khāṇḍava forest in a great conflagration.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“Śrī Nanda and all the gopas were performing pūjā to me for a long time. However Śrī Kṛṣṇa stopped it, utilizing the same ingredients of their worship for Śrī Govardhana pūjā. He also engulfed my vast Khāṇḍava forest in flames.”
Frankly speaking, Arjuna caused the forest fire. Nevertheless, being Indra’s son, Arjuna’s name is not openly mentioned here.