Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.152, 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 1.7.152 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.152
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.152:
तेऽपि तन्-मुखतः सर्वं श्रुत्वा तत् तन् महाद्भुतम् ।
सार-सङ्ग्राहिणोऽशेषम् अन्यत् सर्वं जहुर् दृढम् ॥ १५२ ॥te'pi tan-mukhataḥ sarvaṃ śrutvā tat tan mahādbhutam |
sāra-saṅgrāhiṇo'śeṣam anyat sarvaṃ jahur dṛḍham || 152 ||All those sages, who only extract the essence, completely gave up at once their fruitive practices and speculation after hearing the glories of devotional service from the lips of Śrī Nārada.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Those sages, after hearing from the mouth of Śrī Nārada all the secrets of bhakti as experienced by him, abandoned all their practices of speculative knowledge and fruitive work. The reason for this was that they were engaged in the endeavor to accept the essential truth completely, namely, the excellent portions.