Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.69, 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 1.7.69 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.69
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.69:
सर्वज्ञेनोद्धवेनाथ देवकी-रुक्मिणी-मुखाः ।
प्रबोध्यान्तःपुरे देव्यो भगवत्-पार्श्वम् आपिताः ॥ ६९ ॥sarvajñenoddhavenātha devakī-rukmiṇī-mukhāḥ |
prabodhyāntaḥpure devyo bhagavat-pārśvam āpitāḥ || 69 ||Thereafter, all-knowing Śrī Uddhava consoled Śrī Devakī mātā and the prominent queens headed by Śrī Rukmiṇī, dispatching them to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s side within the palace compound.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Thereafter, the all-knowing (sarvajñā) Śrī Uddhava, who knew how to abolish Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s bewilderment (mugdhatā), brought Him inside the palace compound. Then he brought Śrī Devakī mātā and the queens headed by Śrī Rukmiṇī nearby Bhagavān by bringing them back to consciousness, that is, by narrating fully the account of Bhagavān’s arrival inside the palace compound. However, he already had sent old Padmāvatī to another place during the snāna or bathing procedures, because the presence of that aged old woman was completely inappropriate during the occasion narrated ahead.