Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.79, 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 1.2.79 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.79
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.79:
तत्रात्मनश् चिर-स्थित्याऽपराधाः स्युर् इति त्रसन् ।
अपासरं किम् अन्यैस् तन्-निजासौभाग्य-वर्णनैः ॥ ७९ ॥tatrātmanaś cira-sthityā'parādhāḥ syur iti trasan |
apāsaraṃ kim anyais tan-nijāsaubhāgya-varṇanaiḥ || 79 ||However, fearing I may commit some kind of offense again by staying too long in Vrajabhūmi, I returned. O Nārada, how much more can I tell of my misfortune? It is enough.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
"Well, after going to Vraja, why did you not also remain in your dearmost Vrajabhūmi?" To address this question, he is saying tatra (in Vrajabhūmi).
“To live in Vrajabhūmi is essential, but to remain there for too long of an extended period of time may result in some offense—with that apprehension in mind I returned from that place. A further point is that this Vrajabhūmi is Bhagavān’s totally confidential pastime place (rahasya-pūrṇa līlā-sthalī), and therefore, during the time that Śrī Bhagavān Himself personally manifested here, I have come to this confidential place. What more can I say? Considering my personal misfortune, I consider it futile to continue this discussion any further, especially when the descriptions you have given in my praise are entirely refutable.”