Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.94, 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 1.5.94 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 1.5.94:

नाना-विध-महा-दिव्य-विभूषण-विचित्रितान् ।
कांश्चित् प्रवयसोऽप्य् एषु नव-यौवनम् आपितान् ।
श्री-कृष्ण-वदनाम्भोज-सुधा-तृप्तान् अभीक्ष्णशः ॥ ९४ ॥

nānā-vidha-mahā-divya-vibhūṣaṇa-vicitritān |
kāṃścit pravayaso'py eṣu nava-yauvanam āpitān |
śrī-kṛṣṇa-vadanāmbhoja-sudhā-tṛptān abhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 94 ||

All those people were decorated with divine ornaments. Among them were the elderly who by drinking the nectar from the lotus face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa achieved a vibrant youth.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

“All the Yādavas were fresh-looking youths.” This statement proved that those who were older in age among them were also vibrant and youthful. Among them, those who were elderly were also satisfied by constantly drinking through their eyes the nectar of the lotus face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The inner purport of this statement is: due to the special glories of devotional service they had achieved a vibrant youth.

In the Tenth Canto (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.45.19) it is said:

तत्र प्रवयसो’प्य् आसन् युवानो’ति-बलौजसः
पिबन्तो’क्षैर् मुकुन्दस्य मुखाम्बुज-सुधां मुहुः

tatra pravayaso’py āsan yuvāno’ti-balaujasaḥ
pibanto’kṣair mukundasya mukhāmbuja-sudhāṃ muhuḥ

In Dvārakā-purī, elderly people drank constantly through their eyes the nectar from the lotus face of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, thus they had become youthful and extremely powerful.

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