Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.145, 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 1.7.145 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.145
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.145:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
ततः श्री-हस्त-कमलं प्रसार्य परमादरात् ।
एवम् अस्त्व् इति सानन्दं गोपीनाथेन भाषितम् ॥ १४५ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṃ prasārya paramādarāt |
evam astv iti sānandaṃ gopīnāthena bhāṣitam || 145 ||Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: Thereafter Śrī Gopīnātha stretched out His lotus hand with great respect in a gesture to give benediction and said cheerfully—So be it!
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Here, he stretched out His lotus hand. Specifically He stretched out the right hand, because benedictions are only from the right side of the lotus hand. Therefore, Śrī Gopīnātha stretched out the right hand in a benedictory gesture to give those boons directly according to the request of Śrī Nārada. The above-mentioned two benedictions are most pleasing; they are befitting the desire of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, rather to obtain Śrī Kṛṣṇa according to the same sentiments as the gopīs who worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa through their superabundance of prema. Śrī Kṛṣṇa, being addressed as gopīnātha, indicates that Śrī Kṛṣṇa finds the loving worship of the gopīs to be so pleasing.