Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.91, 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 1.5.91 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.91
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.91:
सभायां श्री-सुधर्मायां सुखासीनान् यथा-क्रमम् ।
निज-सौन्दर्य-भूषाढ्यान् पारिजात-स्रग्-आचितान् ॥ ९१ ॥sabhāyāṃ śrī-sudharmāyāṃ sukhāsīnān yathā-kramam |
nija-saundarya-bhūṣāḍhyān pārijāta-srag-ācitān || 91 ||Śrī Nārada saw that the Yādavas had happily sat down on their own seats in the assembly named Śrī Sudharmā according to the proper succession. They were looking attractive due to being decorated by their own beauty, ornaments and garlands of Pārijāta flowers.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
In the six ślokas beginning with sabhāyāṃ Śrī Nārada describes the darśana of the Yādavas. In the assembly named Śrī Sudharmā the most attractive Yādavas were seated on their respective seats. How? They had sat down happily according to the appropriate order, that is, by the gradation of seniority, and they were decorated with their natural beauty, ornaments and flower garlands from the divine tree called Pārijāta.