Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.4-5, 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 1.5.4-5 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.4-5:

स-सम्भ्रमं धावता तु सोऽभिगम्य प्रणम्य च ।
सभाम् आनीय सत्-पीठे प्रयत्नाद् उपवेशितः ॥ ४ ॥
राज्ञा पूजार्थम् आनीतैः पूर्ववद् द्रव्य-सञ्चयैः ।
मातस् त्वच्-छ्वशुरान् एव स-भृत्यान् आर्चयत् स तान् ॥ ५ ॥

sa-sambhramaṃ dhāvatā tu so'bhigamya praṇamya ca |
sabhām ānīya sat-pīṭhe prayatnād upaveśitaḥ || 4 ||
rājñā pūjārtham ānītaiḥ pūrvavad dravya-sañcayaiḥ |
mātas tvac-chvaśurān eva sa-bhṛtyān ārcayat sa tān || 5 ||

Dharmarāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira eagerly ran to offer praṇāma to Śrī Nārada, and with great effort and respect he brought him into the assembly and made him sit upon an elevated seat of honor. O mother, thereupon using the same paraphernalia Dharmarāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira brought for worship of Śrī Nārada, he began to worship your fathers-in-law, Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira and his servants.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira enthusiastically ran to present himself before Śrī Nārada and offer him daṇḍavat praṇāma. Śrī Nārada offered him praṇāma too. Afterwards, as in previous times, Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira ordered the various paraphernalia for the worship of Śrī Nārada. By reiterating the word rājñā (Dharmarāja) here, Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja points out his uncommon ability to immediately arrange an assortment of various wonderful paraphernalia for worship. Mahārāja Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira ordered all the paraphernalia for worship, but did not offer them.

“But just as Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira began to worship Śrī Nārada, O mother, Śrī Nārada began to perform pūjā with that same divine paraphernalia to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, your fathers-in-law and his servants.” The relationship of “your fathers-in-law” (tvac-chvaśurān) intimates that Śrī Uttarā-devī is also as equally glorious as the Pāṇḍavas.

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