Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.42, 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 1.5.42 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.42
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.42:
सहैक-पौत्रेण कयाधु-नन्दनो ऽनुकम्पितोऽनेन कपीन्द्र एकलः ।
स-सर्व-बन्धुः स्वजना भवादृशा महा-हरेः प्रेम-कृपा-भरास्पदम् ॥ ४२ ॥sahaika-pautreṇa kayādhu-nandano 'nukampito'nena kapīndra ekalaḥ |
sa-sarva-bandhuḥ svajanā bhavādṛśā mahā-hareḥ prema-kṛpā-bharāspadam || 42 ||The son of Kayādhu, Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his grandson and monarch of the monkeys, Śrī Hanumān, obtained the mercy of Śrī Hari alone. However you devotees have become the recipient of Śrī Hari’s special mercy with all your brothers, friends, relatives and servants.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now concluding his subject, Śrī Nārada describes the direct great fortune of the Pāṇḍavas in comparison to the good fortune of Śrī Prahlāda and Śrī Hanumān who were previously discussed. The son of Kayādhu, Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja, obtained the mercy of Bhagavān along with His grandson Bali Mahārāja alone. Just as in the Eleventh Canto (11.12.5) Bhagavān’s words are mentioned, bahavo mat-padaṃ prāptās, tvāṣṭra-kāyādhavādayaḥ: “Many persons such as Vṛtrāsura and Śrī Prahlāda, the son of Kayādhu, have obtained Me.”
The monarch of monkeys, Śrī Hanumān, obtained the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa alone. Śrī Hanumān was a lifelong celibate (naiṣṭhika brahmacārī), thus he had no sons or wife. But you people have obtained the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with all the citizens, including your relatives such as sons, wives, servants, ministers and citizens. Your relatives and friends such as Drupada and Virāṭa, and your kinsmen such as Duryodhana also obtained a good destination due to the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. You people have one more speciality, that Śrī Prahlāda and Śri Hanumān also obtained the mercy through an avatāra of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. But you have received the special mercy of avatārī Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the source of all incarnations. Not just receiving mercy, but you have received mercy that is endowed with prema.