Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.36, 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 1.5.36 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.36:
युधिष्ठिरायापि महा-प्रतिष्ठा लोक-द्वयोत्कृष्टतरा प्रदत्ता ।
तथा जरासन्ध-वधादिना च भीमाय तेनात्मन एव कीर्तिः ॥ ३६ ॥yudhiṣṭhirāyāpi mahā-pratiṣṭhā loka-dvayotkṛṣṭatarā pradattā |
tathā jarāsandha-vadhādinā ca bhīmāya tenātmana eva kīrtiḥ || 36 ||Just as Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa bestowed immense fame upon Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira in this world and the next, similarly, by killing Jarāsandha, He bestowed such fame upon Bhīmasena as well.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The phrase mahā-pratiṣthā (immense fame) suggests the following. Śrī Kṛṣṇa upon completing the Rājasūya sacrifice granted immense fame to Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja. Therefore, in aṣṭṭotara-śata-nāma-stotra, the prayer to Śrī Kṛṣṇa having one hundred and eight names, Śrī Kṛṣṇa has become famous as yudhiṣṭhira-pratiṣṭhātā. In this way, though He was capable of killing kings such as Jarāsandha personally, with excellent chances to kill him repeatedly, instead Śrī Kṛṣṇa had him killed by Bhīmasena and awarded His own fame to him.