Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.42, 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 1.4.42 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.42:

अशेष-त्रास-रहितो महा-व्रत-धरः कृती ।
महा-वीरो रघुपतेर् असाधारण-सेवकः ॥ ४२ ॥

aśeṣa-trāsa-rahito mahā-vrata-dharaḥ kṛtī |
mahā-vīro raghupater asādhāraṇa-sevakaḥ || 42 ||

He had no fear by any means. He was a naiṣṭika brahmacārī, knowledgeable in all scriptural truths. Especially, being tremendously heroic, he was the master servant of Śrī Raghupati.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Hanumān upheld the great vow of naiṣṭika brahmacārī (lifelong celibacy), and he was a knower of all tattvas of śāstras and a mahā-kavi, an illustrious poet. By calling him a mahāvīra, a heroic warrior, he was skilled in many kinds of gallantry such as the bestowal of charity.

For example, in the words of Śrī Bharata Muni:

दान-वीरं धर्म-वीरं युद्ध-वीरं तथैव च
रसं वीरम् अपि प्राह, ब्रह्मा त्रि-विधम् एव हि

dāna-vīraṃ dharma-vīraṃ yuddha-vīraṃ tathaiva ca
rasaṃ vīram api prāha, brahmā tri-vidham eva hi

Śrī Hanumān is a dāna-vīra, a chilvarous hero, and a dhara-vīra, a hero who upholds religious principles. Similarly, he is also a yuddha-vīra, a heroic warrior in battle.

In his connection, three kinds of chivalrous mellows of vīra rasa have been mentioned by Śrī Brahmā, therefore he is an incomparable and exceptional sevaka of Bhagavān Śrī Rāmacandra.

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