Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.1.47, 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 1.1.47 contained in Chapter 1—Bhauma (the earthly plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.1.47
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.47:
राजधानी-समीपे च सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहः ।
साक्षाद् इवास्ते भगवान् कारुण्यात् स्थिरतां गतः ॥ ४७ ॥rājadhānī-samīpe ca sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ |
sākṣād ivāste bhagavān kāruṇyāt sthiratāṃ gataḥ || 47 ||There gracefully exists an installed sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha of Śrī Bhagavān in the royal capital of that Mahārāja. Grand new festivals pay homage and make offerings to Śrī Bhagavān daily with worshipful paraphernalia in everfresh, charming new ways.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The line sthiratāṃ gata of the original verse indicates that the sac-cid-ānanda manifestation of Śrī Bhagavān resides personally in the royal capital of that king in the form of an immovable transcendental Deity.