Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.120, 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 2.1.120 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.120
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.120:
वत्स त्वं सकलाभिष्ट-सिद्धिम् इच्छसि चेद् इमम् ।
प्रसादं जगद्-ईशस्य स्नात्वा केश्यां गृहाण मत् ॥ १२० ॥vatsa tvaṃ sakalābhiṣṭa-siddhim icchasi ced imam |
prasādaṃ jagad-īśasya snātvā keśyāṃ gṛhāṇa mat || 120 ||vatsa–O my dear child; tvam–you; sakala–all; abhīṣṭa–of deeply felt desires; siddhim–fulfillment; icchasi–you want; cet–if; imam–this; prasādam–mercy; jagad-īśasya–of the Supreme Lord; snatvā–bathing; keśyām–at Keśī-ghāṭa; gṛhāṇa–accept; mat–from me.
“My dear child, if you want the fulfillment of all desires, then bathe here in Keśī-ghāṭa and accept from me this mercy of Śrī Jagadīśa, the Supreme Lord.”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“What type of mercy (prasāda)?” To describe this, in this verse, the brāhmaṇa says, “My dear child, if you want to fulfill all your desires, then accept from me this mantra, which is the direct mercy of Jagadīśvara, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consider that His mercy is coming right into the palm of your hand.”