Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.2.85, 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 1.2.85 contained in Chapter 2—Divya (the celestial plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.2.85
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.85:
अहो सर्वेऽपि ते मुक्ताः शिव-लोक-निवासिनः ।
मुक्तास् तत्-कृपया कृष्ण-भक्ताश् च कति नाभवन् ॥ ८५ ॥aho sarve'pi te muktāḥ śiva-loka-nivāsinaḥ |
muktās tat-kṛpayā kṛṣṇa-bhaktāś ca kati nābhavan || 85 ||Oh, the saintly residents of Śivaloka are also all liberated! By the mercy of Śrī Śiva, so many persons have become liberated souls as well as devotees of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Oh, what more can be said about the eternally, liberated souls (nitya-muktas) like Śrī Mahādeva? His devotees are all also nitya-muktas. This is the intention of the passage spoken by the initial exclamatory aho and so on.