Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.19, 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 2.4.19 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.19:

सोमं सिवं तत्र मुदा प्रणम्य तेनादर-प्रेम-सद्-उक्ति-जालैः ।
आनन्दितो वाक्य-मनो-दुराप-माहात्म्य-मालां तम् अगं विकुण्ठम् ॥ १९ ॥

somaṃ sivaṃ tatra mudā praṇamya tenādara-prema-sad-ukti-jālaiḥ |
ānandito vākya-mano-durāpa-māhātmya-mālāṃ tam agaṃ vikuṇṭham || 19 ||

sa-umam–with Umā; śivam–to Lord Śiva; tatra–there; mudā–with jubilance; praṇamya–bowing; tena–by him; ādara–respect; prema–and love; sat-ukti–of pure words; jālaiḥ–by arrangements; ānanditaḥ–enlivened; vākya–words; manaḥ–and the mind; durāpa–inaccessible; māhātmya–of glories; mālam–whose series; tam–there; agām–I reached; vikuṇṭham–the land without worry.

In the abode of Śrī Śiva, I jubilantly offered obeisances to Śrī Mahādeva, who was seated with Śrī Umā-devī. They filled me with happiness by speaking sweet words of respect and love. Thereafter, I reached the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, whose garland of glories is beyond the grasp of one’s mind and words.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In Śivaloka, I offered obeisances to Lord Śiva, who was accompanied by Umā, and they pleased me with exceedingly sweet words that revealed their respect and love. After this, I reached the indescribably glorious abode, my most cherished Vaikuṇṭha, whose innumerable glories are impenetrable by words and mind.”

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