Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.5.117, 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 1.5.117 contained in Chapter 5—Priya (the beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.5.117
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.117:
अस्मान् विहाय कुत्रापि यात्रां स कुरुते प्रभुः ।
न हि तद्-दुःखम् अस्माकं दृष्टे तस्मिन्न् अपव्रजेत् ॥ ११७ ॥asmān vihāya kutrāpi yātrāṃ sa kurute prabhuḥ |
na hi tad-duḥkham asmākaṃ dṛṣṭe tasminn apavrajet || 117 ||If Śrī Kṛṣṇa abandons us and goes somewhere else, then our distress of separation from Him does not go away even when He returns.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The Yādavas are narrating the greater importance of Śrī Uddhava in the two verses beginning with asman iti.