Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.36, 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 1.3.36 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.36:
श्री-महेश उवाच—
अहो बत महत् कष्टं त्यक्त-सर्वाभिमान हे ।
क्वाहं सर्वाभिमानानां मूलं क्व तादृशेश्वरः ॥ ३६ ॥śrī-maheśa uvāca—
aho bata mahat kaṣṭaṃ tyakta-sarvābhimāna he |
kvāhaṃ sarvābhimānānāṃ mūlaṃ kva tādṛśeśvaraḥ || 36 ||Śrī Mahādeva said: O prideless Nārada, how astonishing! This is a matter of great distress for me! Where is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, master of everyone, who has cast aside all pride? As such, being filled with pride, where am I?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Having dominion over the whole world and so forth, is the fundamental or main abode of all types of ahaṅkāra or false egos. Apart from this, it is present in its archetypal form as Śrī Rudra, the presiding deity of false ego, and in all the egos of living entities, namely, the egoistical desire for wealth, followers and other intoxicating opulences.
Above all else, where is your Prabhu, the Lord and master of yourself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the renouncer of all egos? For this reason, there is not the slightest similarity between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and me.