Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.48, 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 1.2.48 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.48
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.48:
सभायां यस्य विद्यन्ते मूर्तिमन्तोऽर्थ-बोधकाः ।
यच् चतुर्-वक्त्रतो जाताः पुराण-निगमादयः ॥ ४८ ॥sabhāyāṃ yasya vidyante mūrtimanto'rtha-bodhakāḥ |
yac catur-vaktrato jātāḥ purāṇa-nigamādayaḥ || 48 ||The Vedas that are entirely born from your four mouths and all the Purāṇas are personally present in your assembly. This assemblage of scriptures are the knowers of all forms of sādhana, as well as all the śāstras that deal with the catur-varga, the fourfold ensemble of dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada means to say that from Brahmā's four mouths the goals of piety, pursuit of wealth, sense gratification, liberation, and the means for achieving them by the Vedas and Purāṇas is manifested. The prosperity of all knowledge appeared from Brahmā.