Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.54, 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 1.2.54 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.54
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.54:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
इत्थं माहात्म्यम् उद्गायन् विस्तार्य ब्रह्मणोऽसकृत् ।
शक्र-प्रोक्तं स्व-दृष्टं च भक्त्यासीत् तं नमन् मुनिः ॥ ५४ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
itthaṃ māhātmyam udgāyan vistārya brahmaṇo'sakṛt |
śakra-proktaṃ sva-dṛṣṭaṃ ca bhaktyāsīt taṃ naman muniḥ || 54 ||Śrī Parīkṣit said: Śrī Nārada personally saw and heard Brahmā’s glories spoken by Indra in this way. Then offering his prostrated obeisances to Brahmā, he began to sing his vast glories with great devotion.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
From the praise that Indra uttered, “Śrī Brahmā is the son of Lakṣmī-kānta, Bhagavān Śrī Nārāyaṇa,” Śrī Nārada personally envisioned those glories. Through direct realization and knowledge of the scriptures, he offered his obeisances with deep devotion and began loudly glorifying Śrī Brahmā incessantly.