Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.29, 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 1.7.29 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.29
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.29:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच—
अद्य प्रभाते भो मातर् अस्मिन्न् एव क्षणे मया ।
चित्राः कति कति स्वप्ना जाग्रतेव न वीक्षिताः ॥ २९ ॥śrī-bhagavān uvāca—
adya prabhāte bho mātar asminn eva kṣaṇe mayā |
citrāḥ kati kati svapnā jāgrateva na vīkṣitāḥ || 29 ||Śrī Bhagavān said, “O mother, today in the early morning, I saw so many strange dreams that seemed so much like being awake.”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Kṛṣṇa thought that He was in Vraja as before. He considered staying in Vraja to be real and leaving for Mathurā to be illusory, namely, He believed going and coming to Mathurā to be like a dream. Therefore, He is explaining this to His mother Yaśodā in the three verses beginning with adya, “Today…”
“O mother, this morning who knows how many strange dreams I saw? And just as someone will undergo such matters in a fully wakened state, I also experienced these exactly as if in a dream.”