Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.129, 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 2.1.129 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.129
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.129:
दूराच् छङ्ख-ध्वनिं श्रुत्वा तत्-पदं पुलिनं गतः ।
विप्रं वीक्ष्यानमं तत्र शालग्राम-शिलार्चकम् ॥ १२९ ॥dūrāc chaṅkha-dhvaniṃ śrutvā tat-padaṃ pulinaṃ gataḥ |
vipraṃ vīkṣyānamaṃ tatra śālagrāma-śilārcakam || 129 ||dūrāt–from a distance; śaṅkha–of a conchshell; dhvanim–the sound; śrutvā–having heard; tat-padam–that place; pulinam–to the bank; gataḥ–went; vipram–an enlightened brāhmaṇa; vīkṣya–seeing; ānamam–I bowed down; tatra–there; śālagrāma-śilā–of Śālagrāma-śilā; arcakam–worshipper.
Hearing the distant sound of a conchshell, I followed it to its source on the bank of the Gaṅgā. There I saw a brāhmaṇa worshiping Śrī Śālagrāma-śilā, and I bowed down to him.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I reached that place on the Gaṅgā that was reverberating with the sound of a conchshell. There I saw a brāhmaṇa engaged in worshiping Śālagrāma-śilā, and I offered him obeisances.”