Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.84, 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 2.1.84 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.84
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.84:
विप्र विश्वेश्वरस्यानु-स्मर वाक्यम् उमा-पतेः ।
यमुना-तीर-मार्गेण तच् छ्री-वृन्दावनं व्रज ॥ ८४ ॥vipra viśveśvarasyānu-smara vākyam umā-pateḥ |
yamunā-tīra-mārgeṇa tac chrī-vṛndāvanaṃ vraja || 84 ||vipra–O brāhmaṇa; viśva-īśvarasya–of Lord Śiva, lord of the universe; anusmara–remember; vākyam–words; umā-pateḥ–of the husband of Umā; yamunā–of the Yamunā; tīra–of the bank; mārgeṇa–by the path; tat–that; śrī-vṛndā-vanam–to the forest of Vṛndā; vraja–go.
“O brāhmaṇa! Remember the words of Viśveśvara, the husband of Umā. Following the banks of the Yamunā River, proceed to Vṛndāvana.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Bhagavān says, “Goddess Umā, who instructed you to chant your mantra, is worshipable for you. It is therefore improper for you to transgress the order of her husband, Śrī Viśveśvara. Recall his words. He personally ordered you, ‘Go to Vṛndāvana.’” Here, Bhagavān Śrī Mādhava is not only reminding the brāhmaṇa of Śrī Viśveśvara’s command, He is even personally giving him an order. The word tat indicates Śrī Viśveśvara’s ineffable words of instruction.