Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.58, 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 1.5.58 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.58
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.58:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
अथ श्री-यादवेन्द्रस्य भीमो नर्म-सुहृत्तमः ।
विहस्योच्चैर् उवाचेदं शृणु श्री-कृष्ण-शिष्य हे ॥ ५८ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
atha śrī-yādavendrasya bhīmo narma-suhṛttamaḥ |
vihasyoccair uvācedaṃ śṛṇu śrī-kṛṣṇa-śiṣya he || 58 ||Śrī Parīksit Mahārāja said: Then the jovial, well-wishing, intimate friend of Śrī Yādavendra, Bhīmasena, began to laugh aloud, “O votary of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, please listen to me closely."
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śri Kṛṣṇa’s jovial well-wisher, namely, His intimate friend Bhīmasena, who always joked and laughed with Him, began to speak while laughing out loud: “O votary of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Devaṛṣi Śrī Nārada, have you not learned this crookedness and cleverness from that crest jewel of clever persons? Aho, understand that it is no fault of your own.”