Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.12, 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 1.7.12 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.12
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.12:
श्री-नन्दनन्दनस् तत्र पर्यङ्के स्थापितः शनैः ।
साक्षाद् इवावतिष्ठन्ते यत्र तद्-गोप-गोपिकाः ॥ १२ ॥śrī-nandanandanas tatra paryaṅke sthāpitaḥ śanaiḥ |
sākṣād ivāvatiṣṭhante yatra tad-gopa-gopikāḥ || 12 ||Śrī Garuḍa slowly removed Śrī Nanda-nandana from his back in that freshly constructed Vṛndāvana where the pratimās of gopas and gopīs were present, and then lay Him down upon a bed.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
After reaching that newly constructed Vṛndāvana, Śrī Garuḍa made Śrī Kṛṣṇa lie down upon a bed. Where did He lie Kṛṣṇa down? Specifically at the same place where the pratimās or replicas of the celebrated Śrī Nanda and the other gopas, along with Śrī Yaśodā and the gopīs, were directly present.