Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.37, 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 2.2.37 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.37
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.37:
स-सम्भ्रमं सुरैः सर्वैर् ऋषिभिर् गुरुणा स्वयम् ।
विष्णुना चार्च्यमानास् ते मया दृष्टाः स-विस्मयम् ॥ ३७ ॥sa-sambhramaṃ suraiḥ sarvair ṛṣibhir guruṇā svayam |
viṣṇunā cārcyamānās te mayā dṛṣṭāḥ sa-vismayam || 37 ||sa-sambhramam–with respect; suraiḥ–by the demigods; sarvaiḥ–all; ṛṣibhiḥ–by the sages; guruṇā–by Bṛhaspati; svayam–personally; viṣṇunā–by Śrī Viṣṇu; ca–and; arcyamānāḥ–worshiped; te–those maharṣis; mayā–by me; dṛṣṭāḥ–seen; sa-vismayam–with wonder.
I was astounded to see the demigods, the sages, the preceptor Bṛhaspati, and even Śrī Viṣṇu Himself worship those maharṣis with great reverence.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “When the great sages headed by Bhṛgu arrived in Svarga, I was amazed to see that the demigods, sages, Śrī Nārada, the guru of the demigods Śrī Bṛhaspati, and even Śrī Viṣṇu, who is devoted to the brāhmaṇas, all began to worship those exalted sages with great honor. In my astonishment, I pondered, ‘What are the glories of those sages?”’