Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.1.60, 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 1.1.60 contained in Chapter 1—Bhauma (the earthly plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.1.60
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.60:
हर्षेण वादयन् वीणां राजधानीं गतो’धिकम् ।
विप्रोक्ताद् अपि संपश्यन् सङ्गम्योवाच तं नृपम् ॥ ६० ॥harṣeṇa vādayan vīṇāṃ rājadhānīṃ gato’dhikam |
viproktād api saṃpaśyan saṅgamyovāca taṃ nṛpam || 60 ||Then Śrī Nārada, while playing on his vīṇā with a joyful heart, entered the capital. He saw more opulence there than he had even heard from the mouth of the brāhmaṇa in Prayāga. Approaching the king nearby, he began to speak.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Then Śrī Nārada, while playing on his vīṇā with a joyful heart, entered the capital. He beheld more opulence there than what he had previously heard from the mouth of the brāhmaṇa at the Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha regarding the worship and reverence offered to the king’s īṣṭa-deva or heartfelt Lord. Approaching the nearby king, he began to speak.