Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.142, 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 2.1.142 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.142
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.142:
अन्तः-पुरे देव-कुले जगद्-ईशार्चन-ध्वनिम् ।
अपूर्वं तुमुलं दूराच् छ्रूत्वापृच्छम् अमुं जनान् ॥ १४२ ॥antaḥ-pure deva-kule jagad-īśārcana-dhvanim |
apūrvaṃ tumulaṃ dūrāc chrūtvāpṛccham amuṃ janān || 142 ||antaḥ-pure–in center of the city; deva-kule–in the abode of the Lord; jagat-īśa–of the Lord of the universe; arcana-dhvanim–the sound of ceremonial worship; apūrvam–extraordinary; tumulam–tumult; dūrāt–from afar; śrutvā–after hearing; apṛccham–I inquired; amum–this; janān–from the people.
In the heart of the city, the tumultuous sound of Śrī Jagadīśvara’s ceremonial worship was emanating from the Lord’s temple. Hearing that magnificent sound from afar, I inquired from the local people about its source.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “The unique and wonderful clangor was coming from a massive temple in the middle of the king’s palace complex. I had never before heard such a tumult. Listening to it, I thought it might be the sound of Śrī Jagadīśvara’s ceremonial worship. I then inquired from the local people, ‘Where is the Lord of the universe? Whose names are being chanted here? Where is this sound coming from?’ In this way, I asked many questions.”