Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.53, 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 1.3.53 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.53:
तादृक्-कारुण्य-पात्राणां श्रीमद्-वैकुण्ठ-वासिनाम् ।
मत्तोऽधिकतरस् तत्-तन्-महिमा किं नु वर्ण्यताम् ॥ ५३ ॥tādṛk-kāruṇya-pātrāṇāṃ śrīmad-vaikuṇṭha-vāsinām |
matto'dhikataras tat-tan-mahimā kiṃ nu varṇyatām || 53 ||What more can be related about the glories of the divine Vaikuṇṭha residents who are recipients of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and even superior to me?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Extensive opulences in countless brahmāṇḍas adorn every residing Vaikuṇṭha devotee. Moreover, that opulence is eternal, factual and replete with utmost happiness. Besides their wonderful endowment of loving devotion, they possess perfect independence, along with a full array of supremely attractive characteristics.