Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.58, 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 1.2.58 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.58
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.58:
तस्य शक्तिर् महा-माया दासीवेक्षा-पथे स्थिता ।
सृजतीदं जगत् पाति स्व-गुणैः संहरत्य् अपि ॥ ५८ ॥tasya śaktir mahā-māyā dāsīvekṣā-pathe sthitā |
sṛjatīdaṃ jagat pāti sva-guṇaiḥ saṃharaty api || 58 ||Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s own potency Mahāmāyā stands at His beck and call like a maidservant. By her inherent qualities she creates, maintains and destroys the world.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The verse is self-evident and noteworthy.