Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.59, 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 1.2.59 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.59
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.59:
तस्या एवं वयं सर्वेऽप्य् अधीना मोहितास् तया ।
तन् न कृष्ण-कृपा-लेशस्यापि पात्रम् अवेहि माम् ॥ ५९ ॥tasyā evaṃ vayaṃ sarve'py adhīnā mohitās tayā |
tan na kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-leśasyāpi pātram avehi mām || 59 ||All of us are bewildered and subject to the authority of her power of illusion. So, don’t consider me even minutely a recipient of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s divine mercy.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“All of us, including sons and grandsons as well as you, can be duped by the illusory potency, or you would not be ranting in such a deluded way.”