Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.121, 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 1.7.121 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.121
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.121:
बलदेवं कृत-स्नानं प्रवेश्य कृतिना तदा ।
द्वारान्ते नारदस् तिष्ठेद् इति विज्ञापितो विभुः ॥ १२१ ॥baladevaṃ kṛta-snānaṃ praveśya kṛtinā tadā |
dvārānte nāradas tiṣṭhed iti vijñāpito vibhuḥ || 121 ||After this, the highly clever minister Śrī Uddhava got Śrī Baladeva, who had freshly bathed, to enter there to convey the news of Śrī Nārada’s arrival to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The import of the verse is clear.