Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.36, 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 1.7.36 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.36:
अग्रतो निःसृता गास् त्वं गोपांश् चानुसर द्रुतम् ।
मयोपस्कृत्य सद्-भोग्यं वन-मध्ये प्रहेष्यते ॥ ३६ ॥agrato niḥsṛtā gās tvaṃ gopāṃś cānusara drutam |
mayopaskṛtya sad-bhogyaṃ vana-madhye praheṣyate || 36 ||“The cows and cowherd boys have already gone out. You should follow them too. I will prepare first-class treats and send them off to the forest.”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
When mother Śrī Yaśodā did not give any reply, then Śrī Kṛṣṇa might have pondered, “Why should I stay here alone? There is no need to go to the forest, and even if I go to the forest, what shall I eat?” Thus with this apprehension Śrī Rohiṇī-devī began to describe His childhood pastimes, “All the cows and cowherd boys have already gone to the forest. You should quickly follow them. I will prepare marvelous treats and send them to the forest.”