Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.148, 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 1.7.148 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.148
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.148:
उद्धवेन स्मार्यमाणं वीजितं सत्यभामया ।
अन्याभिर् महिषीभिश् च रञ्जितं तत्-तद्-ईहया ॥ १४८ ॥uddhavena smāryamāṇaṃ vījitaṃ satyabhāmayā |
anyābhir mahiṣībhiś ca rañjitaṃ tat-tad-īhayā || 148 ||Śrī Uddhava began to recall every item at that time. Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī was fanning. Śrī Jāmbavatī and an assortment of queens began pleasing Them by performing timely services.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“You did not eat this; this is precious to you; take this, take this…” In this way, Śrī Uddhava began to remind Him of all the foodstuffs. The beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Satyabhāmā-devī, began to fan the excessive heat coming off the foodstuffs. Śrī Jāmbavatī and other queens began to increase their taste for the food by such endeavors as offering cooling water from a waterpot spout, some by praising the food, some by fanning the entire body, and some by making the whole place fragrant with an aguru scent.