Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.55, 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 1.4.55 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.4.55
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.55:
तत्रापश्यद् धनूमन्तं रामचन्द्र-पदाब्जयोः ।
साक्षाद् इवार्चन-रतं विचित्रैर् वन्य-वस्तुभिः ॥ ५५ ॥tatrāpaśyad dhanūmantaṃ rāmacandra-padābjayoḥ |
sākṣād ivārcana-rataṃ vicitrair vanya-vastubhiḥ || 55 ||Śrī Nārada saw there in Kimpuruṣa-varṣa Śrī Hanumān personally performing arcana at the lotus feet of Śrī Rāmacandra with various kinds of ingredients procurred from the forest.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada, arriving in Kimpuruṣa-varṣa, saw Śrī Hanumān directly worshipping Śrī Rāmacandra just as Śrī Hanumān previously worshipped Śrī Rāmacandra. Even now he was absorbed in honoring and worshipping His beautiful lotus feet in the same way, with ingredients procurred from a variety of forests. Namely, despite being near the deity of Śrī Rāmacandra now, although not considering it just the holy deity but direct as before, with the appreciation of being Bhagavān Śrī Rāmacandra himself, he was worshipping the holy deity.