Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.35, 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 1.4.35 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.4.35
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.35:
प्राकट्येन सदात्रासौ द्वारे वर्तेत चेत् प्रभुः ।
किं यायां नैमिषं दूरं द्रष्टुं तं पीत-वाससम् ॥ ३५ ॥prākaṭyena sadātrāsau dvāre varteta cet prabhuḥ |
kiṃ yāyāṃ naimiṣaṃ dūraṃ draṣṭuṃ taṃ pīta-vāsasam || 35 ||If the direct manifestion of Śrī Bhagavān always resided at this door, then why would I go far away to Naimiṣāraṇya for the darśana of the divine form of Śrī Bhagavān who is adorned with yellow garments?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Bhagavān’s personal or direct manifestation never stays at this place. Expressing this, he speaks this śloka beginning with prākaṭyena. Tam refers to the divine form of Śrī Bhagavān.