Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.129-130, 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 2.2.129-130 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.129-130:

श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
तच् छ्रूत्वा तत्र गत्वा तं महा-पुरुषम् ईक्षितुम् ।
जपं कुर्वंस् तपो-लोके निविष्टोऽन्तः-समाधिना ॥ १२९ ॥
मुहुर्तानन्तरं दृष्टी समुन्मील्य व्यलोकयम् ।
ब्रह्म-लोकाप्तम् आत्मानं तं च श्री-जगद्-ईश्वरम् ॥ १३० ॥

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrūtvā tatra gatvā taṃ mahā-puruṣam īkṣitum |
japaṃ kurvaṃs tapo-loke niviṣṭo'ntaḥ-samādhinā || 129 ||
muhurtānantaraṃ dṛṣṭī samunmīlya vyalokayam |
brahma-lokāptam ātmānaṃ taṃ ca śrī-jagad-īśvaram || 130 ||

śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; tat–that; śrutvā–hearing; tatra–there; gatvā–going; tam–Him; mahā-puruṣam–the Supreme Person; īkṣitum–to see; japam–chanting mantra; kurvan–doing; tapaḥ-loke–Tapoloka; niviṣṭaḥ–entered; antaḥsamādhinā–through a state of trance; muhūrta-anantaram–after a moment; dṛṣṭī–eyes; samunmīlya–opening; vyalokayam–I looked around; brahma-loka–in Brahmaloka; āptam–arrived; ātmānam–Supreme Self; tam–Him; ca–and; śrī-jagad-īśvaram–the resplendent Lord of all the worlds.

Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O brāhmaṇa, after hearing this from Sanaka and the other Kumāras, I resolved to go to Satyaloka to see that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, I began chanting my mantra and entered deep into samādhi. After a moment, I opened my eyes and found myself in Satyaloka, face-to-face with Śrī Jagadīśvara.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Hearing the words of Sanaka and the others, I desired darśana of Mahā-puruṣa Śrī Jagadīśvara in Satyaloka. So, sitting in Tapoloka, I absorbed my mind in chanting my mantra and entered deep into my samādhi. After one muhūrta [either a moment or forty-eight minutes], when I opened my eyes I saw that I had reached Brahmaloka, and there was Śrī Jagadīśvara, right in front of my eyes.”

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