Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.63, 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 1.6.63 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.63
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.63:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
इदम् आकर्ण्य भगवान् उत्थाय शय्यनाद् द्रुतम् ।
प्रिय-प्रेम-पराधीनो रुदन्न् उच्चैर् बहिर् गतः ॥ ६३ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
idam ākarṇya bhagavān utthāya śayyanād drutam |
priya-prema-parādhīno rudann uccair bahir gataḥ || 63 ||Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: After hearing this, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa quickly got up from His bed and being controlled by the love of his beloved devotees, while crying loudly, came out of His abode.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
After hearing the words of Śrī Baladevajī, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, wailing out aloud, came to an outer court of the palace (prakoṣṭha). Now, if someone objects that He is Bhagavān, then how is it possible for Him to cry like this? In reply, Mahārāja Parīkṣit says He began weeping due to being under the control of the prema of His beloved devotees. The characteristic quality of His loving devotees controlling Him by their prema is the bhagavattā feature of Bhagavān.