Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.52, 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 1.3.52 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.52
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.52:
स वैकुण्ठस् तदीयाश् च तत्रत्यम् अखिलं च यत् ।
तद् एव कृष्ण-पादाब्ज-पर-प्रेमानुकम्पितम् ॥ ५२ ॥sa vaikuṇṭhas tadīyāś ca tatratyam akhilaṃ ca yat |
tad eva kṛṣṇa-pādābja-para-premānukampitam || 52 ||What more can we say about the glories of Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-loka, all the devotees, the residents and every element there? In every way, prema for the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa graces all.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Therefore, what more dare we say about the characteristics of that paramānanda, or divine bliss, in Śrī Vaikuṇṭhaloka and about the glories of everything there? Rather, the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa graces all with the pinnacle of