Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.43, 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 1.3.43 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.43:

यैः सर्वं तृणवत् त्यक्त्वा भक्त्याराध्य प्रियं हरिम् ।
सर्वार्थ-सिद्धयो लब्ध्वापाङ्ग-दृष्ट्यापि नादृताः ॥ ४३ ॥

yaiḥ sarvaṃ tṛṇavat tyaktvā bhaktyārādhya priyaṃ harim |
sarvārtha-siddhayo labdhvāpāṅga-dṛṣṭyāpi nādṛtāḥ || 43 ||

Those who abandon all their desires like straw to worship Śrī Hari by their devotional mood alone, by the influential power of that worship, realize and attain all mystic perfections as well. Still, they do not honor those mystic perfections with as much as a glance.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The Vaikuṇṭha resident bhaktas, who have become recipients of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s divine mercy and the characteristics of their bhakti, are depicted within these six verses beginning with yaiḥ up to kamalā (43 through 48). Among them, the first verse shows the glories of the residents of Vaikuṇṭha and the glories of the sādhana for obtaining Vaikuṇṭha.

Those with bhakti worship Śrī Hari and for His worship give up all selfish motives. They give up religiosity, wealth, liberation, mystic siddhis such as animā and other vaikuṇṭha forms like straw. By the influence of their worship of Śrī Bhagavān, achieving mystic potencies become inferior goals and neither honor them with a passing glance, nor accept them as the actual goal.

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