Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.59, 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 1.6.59 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.59
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.59:
तत्र मास-द्वयं स्थित्वा तेषां स्वास्थ्यं चिकीर्षता ।
तन् न शक्तं मया कर्तुं वाग्भिर् आचरितैर् अपि ॥ ५९ ॥tatra māsa-dvayaṃ sthitvā teṣāṃ svāsthyaṃ cikīrṣatā |
tan na śaktaṃ mayā kartuṃ vāgbhir ācaritair api || 59 ||I remained in Vraja for two months to console the residents of Vraja. However, I could please them only by pacifying words of various types, and by those types of activities.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Now, He is explaining the clever deceptiveness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s actions in the four ślokas beginning with tatra (there).
“I remained in Vraja to console the vraja-vāsīs; however I could not pacify them. I told them that Śrī Kṛṣṇa had sent me here due to the agitation of the separation from you, and He is coming back very soon. Just know that He is going to come back today or tomorrow after destroying the enemies. Despite so many words of consolation and activities such as sporting in the waters of the Yamunā, I could not pacify them.”