Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.267, 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 2.4.267 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.267
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.267:
गोप-बालक-वेशेन स्वकीयेनैव पूर्ववत् ।
कियन्तं न्यवसं कालं तत्रानन्द-भरार्दितः ॥ २६७ ॥gopa-bālaka-veśena svakīyenaiva pūrvavat |
kiyantaṃ nyavasaṃ kālaṃ tatrānanda-bharārditaḥ || 267 ||gopa-bālaka-veśena–with the dress of a cowherd boy; svakīyena–my own; eva–indeed; pūrva-vat–as before; kiyantam–for some; nyavasam–I resided; kālam–time; tatra–there; ānanda-bhara–by immense bliss; arditaḥ–moved.
Still dressed as a cowherd boy, I resided there for some time, absorbed in full bliss.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Just as I had previously fanned Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha with a cāmara and rendered other services, I stayed in Ayodhyā for some time, performing the same services such as fanning.”
The Mathurā brāhmaṇa might ask, “You had the desire to go to Dvārāvatī. So, why did you decide to settle in Ayodhyā?” Gopa-kumāra replies, “The natural, profuse bliss of Ayodhyā took over my entire being. Drinking the stream of honey flowing from the lotus feet of Śrī Raghunāthajī, I forgot everything else.”