Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.13, 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 1.6.13 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.13
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.13:
श्री-नारद उवाच—
मनोज्ञ-सौभाग्य-भरैक-भाजनं मया समं सङ्गमयध्वम् उद्धवम् ।
तदीय-पादैक-रजोऽथवा भवेत् तदैव शान्तिर् बत मेऽन्तर्-आत्मनः ॥ १३ ॥śrī-nārada uvāca—
manojña-saubhāgya-bharaika-bhājanaṃ mayā samaṃ saṅgamayadhvam uddhavam |
tadīya-pādaika-rajo'thavā bhavet tadaiva śāntir bata me'ntar-ātmanaḥ || 13 ||Śrī Nārada said: All of you please help me meet Śrī Uddhava, who is the charming recipient of extreme good fortune; bestow your mercy on me so that I may get his footdust. Only by obtaining his footdust may my soul find peace.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Uddhava is extremely fortunate. Although Śrī Uddhava was personally present, still Śrī Nārada, who was overwhelmed with prema, could not converse with him. Rather, he began to speak with each one, “All of you please help me meet Śrī Uddhava…”
Thereafter, considering himself unfit to associate with any of them, he continued, “If all of you show me your mercy, then I can get his footdust. Rather, grant me a speck of dust from his lotus feet, only then will my mind become peaceful. Unable to obtain the footdust of Śrī Uddhava, this condition has fallen upon me.”