Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.120, 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 1.7.120 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.120
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.120:
भोजनार्थं च तेनैव देवकी रोहिणी तथा ।
अन्न-पानादि-सहिते तत्र शीघ्रं प्रवेशिते ॥ १२० ॥bhojanārthaṃ ca tenaiva devakī rohiṇī tathā |
anna-pānādi-sahite tatra śīghraṃ praveśite || 120 ||Thereafter, in order to feed Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Uddhava hurried Śrī Devakī-mātā and Śrī Rohiṇī-devī to enter with food, drinks and other articles.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Still, how was it possible for Śrī Kṛṣṇa to abandon the topic related to Vraja? By the cleverness of that topmost bhakta Śrī Uddhava, he is explaining this in two verses beginning with bhojanārtha (in order to feed).
Then the prime minister (mantrī-vara) Śrī Uddhava in order to offer a meal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa made Śrī Devakī and Śrī Rohiṇī-devī enter with food, drinks and other articles. Though Śrī Rohiṇī-devī entered with all ingredients, nevertheless, it remained unspecified whether the most clever Śrī Rohiṇī-devī had given up the side of Śrī Kṛṣṇa previously and had gone to the kitchen. Similarly, the crest jewel of all clever personalities, Śrī Balarāma, also had gone to His home on the pretext of taking bath—this is the implication here.