Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.170, 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 2.1.170 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.170:

प्रणाम-नृत्य-स्तुति-वाद्य-गीत-परांस् तु स-प्रेम विलोकयन्तम् ।
महा-महिम्नां पदम् ईक्षमाणोऽ पतं जगन्नाथम् अहं विमुह्य ॥ १७० ॥

praṇāma-nṛtya-stuti-vādya-gīta-parāṃs tu sa-prema vilokayantam |
mahā-mahimnāṃ padam īkṣamāṇo' pataṃ jagannātham ahaṃ vimuhya || 170 ||

praṇāma–obeisances; nṛtya–in dancing; stuti–prayers; vādya–musical instruments; gīta–singing; parān–absorbed; tu–indeed; saprema–with love; vilokayantam–seeing; mahā-mahimnām–of great glories; padam–abode; īkṣamāṇaḥ–seeing; apatam–I fell; jagannātham–Śrī Jagannātha; aham–I; vimuhya–fainting.

He was lovingly glancing at the people singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, offering prayers, bowing down, and so on before Him. When I saw the wonderful opulence of Śrī Jagannāthadeva, the refuge of infinite glories, I fell unconscious to the ground.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Hundreds of people were prostrating before the Lord. Some were singing, some were chanting prayers, some were playing instruments such as mṛdaṅgas (drums) and karatālas (hand cymbals), still others were dancing and so on, and some were sitting, viewing the divine Deity. The Lord also reciprocated with His merciful glance. Seeing the splendor and opulence of Śrī Jagannātha-deva–He who is the fountainhead of such extraordinary grandeur–I lost consciousness and fell to the ground.”

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