Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.65, 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 1.2.65 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.65
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.65:
विचाराचार्य बुध्यस्व स हि भक्त्य्-एक-वल्लभः ।
कृपां तनोति भक्तेषु नाभक्तेषु कदाचन ॥ ६५ ॥vicārācārya budhyasva sa hi bhakty-eka-vallabhaḥ |
kṛpāṃ tanoti bhakteṣu nābhakteṣu kadācana || 65 ||O considerate ācārya, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa only knows the tender side of bhakti. He only shows mercy to His devotees and never to disloyal practitioners.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Brahmā is saying in jest, ‘O considerate ācārya’, I mean to say, ‘you are a more observant thinker.’ The irony is, Śrī Nārada, you are uselessly flattering without correctly seeing everything. Śrī Bhagavān is understandable only through loving devotion (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.14.21), bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ: Only by bhakti am I understood by the saintly devotees. These are words spoken from His holy lips. Therefore, Śrī Bhagavān’s causeless mercy graces His intimate devotees.