Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.61, 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 1.7.61 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.61
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.61:
जगाद भगवान् क्रुद्धो भ्रातः शाल्वानुजादयः ।
के ते वराका हन्तव्या गत्वैकेन मयाधुना ॥ ६१ ॥jagāda bhagavān kruddho bhrātaḥ śālvānujādayaḥ |
ke te varākā hantavyā gatvaikena mayādhunā || 61 ||Bhagavān became angry and said: O Bhaiyā, who are Śālva’s younger brother and the others? They are so inconsequential; I will go alone and slay them…
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
So Bhagavān became riled and began to speak, “What was said?” Therefore, beginning with the word bhrātaḥ (brother) He speaks these five verses.
“Who are they? I do not count them as anybody; they are all insignificant. Rather, they are so petty that I do not even count them among the lightweights because they are so vile. Therefore, I shall go alone and slay them.”