Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.113, 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 1.7.113 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.113
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.113:
एतत् सत्यम् असत्यं वा कालिन्दी पृच्छ्यताम् इयम् ।
या तु व्रज-जन-स्वैर-विहारानन्द-साक्षिणी ॥ ११३ ॥etat satyam asatyaṃ vā kālindī pṛcchyatām iyam |
yā tu vraja-jana-svaira-vihārānanda-sākṣiṇī || 113 ||Please ask this Kālindī whether all this is true or not, because this very Kālindī is the witness of My spontaneous pastimes with the vraja-vāsīs. She has seen everything directly.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
One should not assume that I am speaking such glories of the residents of Vraja subjugated by prema, because the sister of Dharmarāja (Yamarāja), the most pious Śrī Yamunā, is evidence for this. I have also explained before that I immersed myself in these most wonderful and attractive pastimes so much so that I did not even know day from night. You should ask this Kālindī if this is true or not. This is so because she has had the direct audience (pratyakṣa darśana) of the various indescribable pastimes or freely enjoyable sports. Rather, she is the witness of My various types of spontaneous pastimes.