Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.99, 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 1.5.99 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.99
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.99:
देवर्षि-प्रवरोऽमीभिः पूजा-द्रव्यं समाहृतम् ।
नत्वा साञ्जलिर् उत्थाय विनीतो मुहुर् आह तान् ॥ ९९ ॥devarṣi-pravaro'mībhiḥ pūjā-dravyaṃ samāhṛtam |
natvā sāñjalir utthāya vinīto muhur āha tān || 99 ||The Yādavas brought a variety of articles for worshipping Śrī Nārada, but Śrī Nārada offered obeisances to them and arose humbly with folded palms and began to repeat once again.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada, having observed the various articles brought by the Yādavas for worship, offered praṇāma to these articles with great absorption and devotional mood.