Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.147, 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 1.7.147 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.147
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.147:
बुभुजे भगवद्भ्यां स परमान्नं स-पानकम् ।
देवकी-रोहिणी-दृष्टं रुक्मिण्या परिवेषितम् ॥ १४७ ॥bubhuje bhagavadbhyāṃ sa paramānnaṃ sa-pānakam |
devakī-rohiṇī-dṛṣṭaṃ rukmiṇyā pariveṣitam || 147 ||Thereafter, Śrī Nārada relished many kinds of drinks and sweet rice, along with Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma. While honoring, Śrī Rukmiṇī began to serve all the preparations after showing them to Śrī Devakī mātā and Śrī Rohiṇī.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Thereafter, Śrī Narada relished many types of drinks and excellent foodstuffs, namely, sweet rice and other preparations with Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Balarāma. He narrates this specifically in the one and half ślokas beginning with devakī.
Śrī Rukmiṇī-devī, the best among the mahiṣīs, began serving those foodstuffs after showing them to Śrī Devakī mātā and Śrī Rohiṇī, and began putting them one after another in their eating plates in small amounts.