Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.46, 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 2.1.46 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.46
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.46:
विश्वेश्वरं प्रणम्यादौ गत्वा प्रति-मठं यतीन् ।
नत्वा सम्भाष्य विश्रामं तेषां पार्श्वे चकार सः ॥ १.४६ ॥viśveśvaraṃ praṇamyādau gatvā prati-maṭhaṃ yatīn |
natvā sambhāṣya viśrāmaṃ teṣāṃ pārśve cakāra saḥ || 1.46 ||viśveśvaram–to Śrī Viśveśvara; praṇamya–offering respectful obeisances; ādau–in the beginning; gatvā–having gone; pratimaṭham–to every monastery; yatīn–to the sannyāsīs; natvā–bowing; sambhāṣya–conversing; viśrāmam–rest; teṣām–of them; pārśve–by the side; cakāra–took; saḥ–he.
First, he offered respectful obeisances to Śrī Viśveśvara (Śrī Viśvanātha Mahādeva). Then, he visited every maṭha, where he bowed down to the sannyāsīs there, talked with them, and rested in their company.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Parīkṣit says, “First, he offered his respects to the presiding Deity of Kāśī, Śrī Śiva, also known as Viśveśvara.”