Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.28, 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 1.5.28 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.28:
इदानीं परमां काष्ठां प्राप्ताभूत् सर्वतः स्फुटा ।
विशिष्ट-महिम-श्रेणी-माधुरी-चित्रताचिता ॥ २८ ॥idānīṃ paramāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ prāptābhūt sarvataḥ sphuṭā |
viśiṣṭa-mahima-śreṇī-mādhurī-citratācitā || 28 ||Now the sweetness of variegated pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa pervades everywhere and has reached its topmost limits, thus that supreme majesty is fully visible everywhere.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now in this avatāra, His quality of supreme majesty (bhagavattā) endowed with such beauty is completely manifest everywhere and in every way, and His sweetness has also reached its topmost limits. In what way does this occur? His special and superexcellent glories, being covered by a variegated sweetness, have culminated in their topmost limits. In this way, despite Śrī Kṛṣṇa being the source of all incarnations (avatarī), knowledge of His present incarnation is perceived. Therefore, since Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the source of all incarnations, it is logical that He possesses that topmost opulence and sweetness.