Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.16, 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 1.2.16 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.16
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.16:
ततो नस् तात-मातृभ्यां तपोभिर् विततैर् दृढैः ।
तोषितोऽप्य् अंश-मात्रेण गतो भ्रातृत्वम् अच्युतः ॥ १६ ॥tato nas tāta-mātṛbhyāṃ tapobhir vitatair dṛḍhaiḥ |
toṣito'py aṃśa-mātreṇa gato bhrātṛtvam acyutaḥ || 16 ||Only after suffering the distress of my mother and father, who performed severe austerities for such a long time, did Bhagavān Śrī Acyuta become pleased. Then again, only as His mere plenary portion did He accept my role as brother.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Thereafter, these words, ‘they received the fruits of their tapasyā after suffering distress for such a long time…’ imply that due to the long delay in time, the demigods suffered great stress.
Moreover, Viṣṇu’s plenary portion (aṃśa), not His original manifestation (aṃśī), declares such words as aṃśa-mātreṇa gato bhrātṛtvam acyutaḥ, “Nārāyana is your younger brother.” Thus this statement of Śrī Nārada is also refuted.