Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.55, 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 1.6.55 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.55
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.55:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
स-सपत्नी-गणा सेर्ष्यं सत्यभामाह भामिनी ।
हे श्री-रुक्मिणि निद्रायाम् इति किं त्वं प्रजल्पसि ॥ ५५ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
sa-sapatnī-gaṇā serṣyaṃ satyabhāmāha bhāminī |
he śrī-rukmiṇi nidrāyām iti kiṃ tvaṃ prajalpasi || 55 ||Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Overhearing everything, Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī became jealous and began to speak to the other queens wrathfully, “O Rukmiṇī, why are you babbling on like this? Does the Lord do so only in dream?”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The meaning of the verse is clear.