Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.6.88, 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 1.6.88 contained in Chapter 6—Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.6.88
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.88:
श्रुत्वा ते तत्र विश्वस्य सर्वे सरल-मानसाः ।
भवत्-प्रीतिं समालोच्यालङ्करान् दधुर् आत्मसु ॥ ८८ ॥śrutvā te tatra viśvasya sarve sarala-mānasāḥ |
bhavat-prītiṃ samālocyālaṅkarān dadhur ātmasu || 88 ||Śrī Uddhava said: The simple-hearted vraja-vāsīs believed in the words of Śrī Nanda and considering the matter of Your prema, wore those ornaments on their bodies.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Those vraja-vāsīs believed in the words of Śrī Nanda because he did not possess a hypocritical nature. The vrajavāsīs, who were simple by nature, considered every one else to be as clear-cut as themselves. Then, after considering the matter of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s prema, or considering that by wearing these ornaments Śrī Kṛṣṇa would become happy, they put those ornaments on their bodies.
However, within their hearts they did not get any relief.