Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.74, 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 1.5.74 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 1.5.74:

अधुना वञ्चितास् तेन वयं जीवाम तत् कथम् ।
तद्-दर्शनम् अपि ब्रह्मन् यन् नोऽभूद् अतिदुर्घटम् ॥ ७४ ॥

adhunā vañcitās tena vayaṃ jīvāma tat katham |
tad-darśanam api brahman yan no'bhūd atidurghaṭam || 74 ||

O saintly brāhmaṇa (Śrī Nārada), how can we maintain our lives after being cheated by Him? Now, even His darśana has become extremely difficult to attain for us.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

How can we maintain our lives despite being neglected by Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Now even His darśana has become most unattainable for us, what to speak of completing the great festival of rājasūya by accepting our agra-pūjā, the honor bestowed upon being the foremost of revered personalities?

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