Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.64, 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 1.2.64 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.64
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.64:
वेद-प्रवर्तनायासौ भागं गृह्णाति केवलम् ।
स्वयं सम्पादित-प्रेष्ठ-यज्ञस्यानुग्रहाय च ॥ ६४ ॥veda-pravartanāyāsau bhāgaṃ gṛhṇāti kevalam |
svayaṃ sampādita-preṣṭha-yajñasyānugrahāya ca || 64 ||Furthermore, He accepts the share of yajñas not as a favor to me but only for officially propagating the Vedas and for showing favor to the Vedic injunctions, because He is the beloved Yajña-mūrti Himself who compiled them.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“Furthermore, you have said that Śrī Bhagavān directly accepts the share of yajñas. I can also refute this, please listen: The Vedas are the divine orders from the mouth of Bhagavān. He only accepts the share of yajñas with all paraphernalia for either protecting the words of the Vedas, or for disseminating the Vedic message in its original divine decree. He does this simply for guarding the sacred Yajña-mūrti, or for guarding the sacrificial rules, not as a favor to me. In other words, He accepts the share of the yajñas neither to display a slight show of parental affection to me, nor as a display of bondage of affection for the sacrificial priests.”