Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.4.108, 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 1.4.108 contained in Chapter 4—Bhakta (the devotee)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.108:

तदा भवेयं तत्राशु त्वं तु गच्छाद्य पाण्डवान् ।
तेषां गृहेषु तत् पश्य परं ब्रह्म नराकृति ॥ १०८ ॥

tadā bhaveyaṃ tatrāśu tvaṃ tu gacchādya pāṇḍavān |
teṣāṃ gṛheṣu tat paśya paraṃ brahma narākṛti || 108 ||

I shall appear at His feet. Now you should approach the Pāṇḍavas, and please take the darśana of the Supreme Brahman who is present in their abode in human-like form.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Now, he is defining the present subject. If you say that I shall go with you only at that time, thus he replies with the line tadā. “You should go before the Pāṇḍavas today yourself.” While giving the reason for this, first he is tells the glories of Śrī Bhagavān: “Then become successful by having the darśana of Śrī Nārāyaṇa, who is directly the Supreme Brahman Himself.” Although Bhagavān is inconceivable by the words and mind of sages, still by manifesting the beautiful, two handed human-like form in the house of the Pāṇḍavas, he is exhibiting very sweet and indescribable glories of many types.

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