Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.3, 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 1.6.3 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.3
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.3:
पूर्वाभ्यासाद् इवाभ्यासं प्रासादस्य गतो मुनिः ।
भूताविष्टो महोन्माद-गृहीतश् च यथेतरः ॥ ३ ॥pūrvābhyāsād ivābhyāsaṃ prāsādasya gato muniḥ |
bhūtāviṣṭo mahonmāda-gṛhītaś ca yathetaraḥ || 3 ||Although Śrī Nārada entered the palace due to previous experience, his condition at that time appeared like a person possessed by a ghost or a mad person.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Due to his previous experience of repeated comings and goings from the palace of Bhagavān, Śrī Nārada entered the inner portion of Bhagavān’s palace with great love and spontaneity. Although absorbed in meditation on the absolute truth, it appears as though devotees in a condition of spontaneous love never forget the way to approach Bhagavān. However, at that time and from an ordinary perspective, Śrī Nārada appeared to be in a state of a person haunted by a ghost, or a completely insane person.