Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.15, 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 1.2.15 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.15
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.15:
आचरन् बलिर् इन्द्रत्वम् असुरान् एव सर्वतः ।
सूर्येन्द्व्-आद्य्-अधिकारेषु न्ययुङ्क्त क्रतु-भाग-भुक् ॥ १५ ॥ācaran balir indratvam asurān eva sarvataḥ |
sūryendv-ādy-adhikāreṣu nyayuṅkta kratu-bhāga-bhuk || 15 ||Daityarāja Bali achieved the same position of Indra, awarding the full administrative posts such as Sūrya and Candra to the demons. Consequently, by personally swindling us, he took the share of all sacrifices.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now Indra refutes the words of Śrī Nārada that “Sūrya the Sungod and other planetary rulers are his orderrecipients…”
“Due to the uprising of disturbances in the Sungod’s position and my authority, where is the greatness of our rulership over the planets?
Further more, what is the glory of my rulership over these orderrecipients? When daityarāja Bali, the king of the demons, took the sacrificial shares, we felt devastated, smittened with our hunger and thirst.”
Thus embarrassing us with these words, the super-excellence of drinking amṛta, immortal nectar, which is so satisfying to the demigods, is groundless.