Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.207, 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 2.4.207 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.207
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.207:
श्री-नारद उवाच—
प्रतिमा या मयोद्दिष्टाः साक्षाद् भगवता समाः ।
तासाम् अर्चन-माहात्म्यं तावद् आस्तां सुदूरतः ॥ २०७ ॥śrī-nārada uvāca—
pratimā yā mayoddiṣṭāḥ sākṣād bhagavatā samāḥ |
tāsām arcana-māhātmyaṃ tāvad āstāṃ sudūrataḥ || 207 ||śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca–Śrī Nārada said; pratimāḥ–Deities; yāḥ–who; mayā–by me; uddiṣṭāḥ–described; sākṣāt–direct; bhagavatā–with the Lord; samāḥ–equal; tāsām–of Them; arcana–of worship; māhātmyam–the glories; tāvat–so much (questioning); āstām–is; su-dūrataḥ–very far (irrelevant).
Śrī Nārada said: Those Deities I described before are all directly Bhagavān Himself, and there is no question about the glories of worshiping Them.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “I previously discussed the saccid-ānanda Deities, which are as good as Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. Their arcana is glorious, so how can there be anything wrong with worshiping Them? Firm faith in this is a great quality. What more need be said?”