Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.76, 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 1.6.76 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.76
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.76:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
तच् च श्री-भगवान् कृत्वा श्रुतम् अप्य् अश्रुतं यथा ।
अजानन्न् इव पप्रच्छ शोक-वेगाद् अथोद्धवम् ॥ ७६ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
tac ca śrī-bhagavān kṛtvā śrutam apy aśrutaṃ yathā |
ajānann iva papraccha śoka-vegād athoddhavam || 76 ||Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: However, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, despite hearing these words, ignored them, and being pained by distress like an ignorant person, began to ask Śrī Uddhava, “What is My duty towards the residents of Vraja?”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Although Śrī Kṛṣṇa attentively heard the words of Padmāvatī, he ignored them. He did not support the words of His grandmother at all. Therefore, what is His duty towards the residents of Vraja or what is the desire of the residents of Vraja? In this connection, overwhelmed by distress as if completely ignorant, He began to ask Śrī Uddhava as follows.