Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.69, 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 1.6.69 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.69
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.69:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
नन्दपत्नी-प्रियसखी देवकी पुत्र-वत्सला ।
आहेदं दीयतां यद् यद् इष्यते तैः सुहृत्तमैः ॥ ६९ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
nandapatnī-priyasakhī devakī putra-vatsalā |
āhedaṃ dīyatāṃ yad yad iṣyate taiḥ suhṛttamaiḥ || 69 ||Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Then Śrī Devakī, who is so affectionate to her son and is the dear friend of Śrī Yasodā, wife of Śrī Nanda Mahārāja, said, “Whatever desires these tender-hearted vraja-vāsīs make, whatever they may be, You should fulfill all their desires; whatever they desire You should grant them.”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Uddhava may tell Śrī Kṛṣa to go back to Gokula. With this fear of separation from her son, Mother Devakī interrupts before Śrī Uddhava could reply. Although Śrī Devakī is the dear friend of Yasodājī, the wife of Śrī Nanda Mahārāja, out of affection for her son, she began to speak, “O Kṛṣṇa, whatever these vraja-vāsīs, who are the greatest benefactors, may desire, grant them all these things, that is, whatever they desire, You should fulfill them.” (However, You should not go back to Vraja—this is the sentiment in the heart of Mother Devakī.)