Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.57, 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 1.2.57 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.57
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.57:
अहं न भगवान् कृष्ण इति त्वं किं प्रमाणतः ।
युक्तितश् च मयाऽभीक्ष्णं बोधितोऽसि न बाल्यतः ॥ ५७ ॥ahaṃ na bhagavān kṛṣṇa iti tvaṃ kiṃ pramāṇataḥ |
yuktitaś ca mayā'bhīkṣṇaṃ bodhito'si na bālyataḥ || 57 ||Śrī Brahmā said: O Nārada, since your childhood have I not repeatedly explained to you with strong conviction and argument that I am not Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“According to the scriptural proofs of śruti and smṛti, have I not earnestly explained to you since your childhood that ‘I am not Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’? Besides this, I have confirmed this repeatedly by logic and reason.” This topic is worthy of scrutiny in the conversation between Śrī Brahmā and Śrī Nārada in the Second Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.