Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.1.37, 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 1.1.37 contained in Chapter 1—Bhauma (the earthly plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.1.37
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.37:
ततो’भिमुखम् आगत्य कृष्णस्य रचिताञ्जलिः ।
तस्मिन्न् एवार्पयाम् आस सर्वं तत्-फल-सञ्चयम् ॥ ३७ ॥tato’bhimukham āgatya kṛṣṇasya racitāñjaliḥ |
tasminn evārpayām āsa sarvaṃ tat-phala-sañcayam || 37 ||Following this, he appeared before his śālagrāma deity of Śrī Kṛṣṇa with folded hands and offered all his karma-phala, or fruits of his present actions, at the lotus feet of his Prabhu.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Afterwards the exalted brāhmaṇa stood in front of the śālagāma-śīlā deity (mūrti) of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and offered at His lotus feet all his accumulated karma-phala or fruits of actions.