Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.50, 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 1.6.50 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.50
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.50:
श्री-रुक्मिण्य् उवाच—
भो मातर् नवनीताति-मृदु-स्वान्तस्य तस्य हि ।
अविज्ञायान्तरं किञ्चित् कथम् एवं त्वयोच्यते ॥ ५० ॥śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca—
bho mātar navanītāti-mṛdu-svāntasya tasya hi |
avijñāyāntaraṃ kiñcit katham evaṃ tvayocyate || 50 ||(yūyaṃ śṛṇuta vṛttāni tarhi tarhi śrutāni me)
Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī said: O mother, without the slightest knowledge of the deep feelings of the Lord whose heart is as soft as butter, why speak of such matters?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“His tender heart is softer than butter. Without knowing the inner sentiments of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, why speak this way? If you understood the sentiments of the heart of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, then you would not say such things. I myself heard from the lotus mouth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa the accounts of Śrī Vṛndāvana. You please hear those accounts also.”