Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.51-53, 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 1.7.51-53 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.51-53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.51-53:
गताः कुत्र वयस्याः स्थ श्रीदामन् सुबलार्जुन ।
सर्वे भवन्तो धावन्तो वेगेनायान्तु हर्षतः ॥ ५१ ॥
कृष्णायां पाययित्वा गा विहराम यथा-सुखम् ।
मधुरामल-शीताम्बु-वाहिन्याम् अवगाह्य च ॥ ५२ ॥
एवम् अग्रे सरन् गोभिर् अम्बुधेर् निकटं गतः ।
महा-कल्लोल-मालाभिः कोलाहलवतोऽच्युतः ॥ ५३ ॥gatāḥ kutra vayasyāḥ stha śrīdāman subalārjuna |
sarve bhavanto dhāvanto vegenāyāntu harṣataḥ || 51 ||
kṛṣṇāyāṃ pāyayitvā gā viharāma yathā-sukham |
madhurāmala-śītāmbu-vāhinyām avagāhya ca || 52 ||
evam agre saran gobhir ambudher nikaṭaṃ gataḥ |
mahā-kallola-mālābhiḥ kolāhalavato'cyutaḥ || 53 ||“O Śrīdāma, O Subala, O Arjuna, O Sakhās! Where have you all gone? You should all happily come here. Come quickly! All of us should first let the cows drink the water, then let us bathe in Śrī Yamunā, the carrier of this sweet, clean and cooling water, afterwards happily sporting in her.”
In this way, Śrī Acyuta moved forward with all the cows and came near the uproarious ocean with its grand waves.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
In these few verses beginning with gatā (gone), a description of the jala vihāra (water pastimes) begins.
“O Sakhās, where have you gone? All of you come here.”
(Whatever reason for?) “We shall bathe and sport happily in the Yamunā.”
In this way, while walking with all the cows, Śrī Kṛṣṇa came near the boisterous ocean, decorated with its tumultuous waves. Here, a suggestion of the difference between the ocean and Śrī Yamunā is given.