Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.15, 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 1.4.15 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.4.15
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.15:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
स्व-श्लाघा-सहनाशक्तो लज्जावनमिताननः ।
प्रह्रादो नारदं नत्वा गौरवाद् अवदच् छनैः ॥ १५ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
sva-ślāghā-sahanāśakto lajjāvanamitānanaḥ |
prahrādo nāradaṃ natvā gauravād avadac chanaiḥ || 15 ||Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: Unable to endure such praise of himsef, Śrī Prahlāda bowed his head in shame, offered obeisances to Śrī Nārada and deliberately began to speak to him out of respect.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Hearing such praise, Śrī Prahlāda became ashamed and, considering it implausible, or simply a tease by Śrī Nārada, lowered his head in shame, offered obeisances to Śrī Nārada and out of the respect for him deliberately began to speak.
By another angle, being unable to bear such glorification, he irritably began to speak aloud.