Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.12, 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 1.2.12 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.12
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.12:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
इत्थम् इन्द्रस्य सौभाग्य-वैभवं कीर्तयन् मुहुः ।
देवर्षिर् वादयन् वीणां श्लाघमानो ननर्त तम् ॥ १२ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
ittham indrasya saubhāgya-vaibhavaṃ kīrtayan muhuḥ |
devarṣir vādayan vīṇāṃ ślāghamāno nanarta tam || 12 ||Śrī Parīkṣit said: In this way Śrī Nārada, while glorifying the extensive fortune of Devarāja Indra, began strumming his vīṇā, praising him as the fit recipient of Bhagavān’s divine mercy and dancing.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Ślāghamānaḥ means to address Indra with befitting praises as if to say to Indra, “The demigods are also recipients of Śrī Viṣṇu’s divine mercy.” Śrī Nārada begins by extolling the vast opulence of Indra (saubhāgya-vaibhava), according to the description of a sarvabhauma king.