Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.101, 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 2.1.101 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.101
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.101:
तयैवात्राद्य सर्वज्ञं दयालुं त्वं स्व-देववत् ।
प्राप्य हृष्टः प्रपन्नोऽस्मि कृपणं मां समुद्धर ॥ १०१ ॥tayaivātrādya sarvajñaṃ dayāluṃ tvaṃ sva-devavat |
prāpya hṛṣṭaḥ prapanno'smi kṛpaṇaṃ māṃ samuddhara || 101 ||tayā–because of that; eva–only; atra–here; adya–today; sarvajñam–all-knowing; dayālum–compassionate; tvām–you; svadeva-vat–resembling my Lord; prāpya–obtaining; hṛṣṭaḥ–jubilant; prasannaḥ–happy; asmi–I am; kṛpaṇam–a wretch; mām–me; samuddhara–kindly deliver fully.
“By their (Śrī Viśveśvara and Śrī Kāmākhyā-devī’s) mercy alone I have met you. I am supremely happy because you resemble my worshipable Lord. Kindly deliver me, as you are omniscient and compassionate, and I am extremely wretched and insignificant.”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The brāhmaṇa realizes, “Now I am able to perceive the signs of Śrī Kāmākhyā-devī and Śrī Viśveśvara’s mercy.” This sentiment is revealed in this verse beginning with tayā. He tells Gopa-kumāra, “I could meet you only by the mercy of Śrī Kāmākhyādevī and Śrī Viśveśvara. Your form, dress, adornments, and so on exactly resemble Śrī Madana-gopāla-deva’s. You are omniscient and merciful and I am very wretched and insignificant. Please instruct me on the ultimate spiritual goal, and thus deliver me from my ocean of doubts.”