Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.45, 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 2.2.45 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.45:

श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
तच् छ्रूत्वेन्द्र-पदे सद्यो निर्विद्यैच्छं तम् ईक्षितुम् ।
पूज्य-पूज्यैर् महद्भिस् तैः पूज्यमानं महा-प्रभुम् ॥ ४५ ॥

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrūtvendra-pade sadyo nirvidyaicchaṃ tam īkṣitum |
pūjya-pūjyair mahadbhis taiḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahā-prabhum || 45 ||

śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; tat–that; śrutvā–having heard; aindra-pade–in the abode of Indra; sadyaḥ–at once; nirvidya–becoming indifferent; aiccham–I wished; tam–Him; īkṣitum–to see; pūjya-pūjyaiḥ–who is worshipable by the most worshipable; mahadbhiḥ–by the great; taiḥ–them; pūjyamānam–being worshiped; mahā-prabhum–the Supreme Lord.

Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O brāhmaṇa, simply by hearing this wonderful narration from Bṛhaspati, the guru of the demigods, I lost interest in the post of Indra and desired to see Śrī Yajñeśvara Bhagavān–He who is worshiped by the great sages such as Bhṛgu, who are themselves worshiped by the worshipable demigods.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “After hearing the extraordinary words of the spiritual preceptor of demigods, Bṛhaspati, I lost all interest in being the king of heaven, and developed a desire to see Yajñeśvara.”

The brāhmaṇa might question, “But the Supreme Lord Śrī Viṣṇu is personally present in heaven also. Why did you long to go to Maharloka?”

Gopa-kumāra replies, “Humans adore the demigods, who in turn venerate the great sages. And the worshipable Lord of these sages is the Supreme Lord Yajñeśvara. It stands to reason, then, that Śrī Yajñeśvara must be endowed with exceptional glories. I had personally experienced that Śrī Bhagavān in Svarga is sweeter and more opulent than His manifestation on earth. Therefore, I concluded that the Lord’s form in Maharloka must possess some special sweetness in comparison with His form in heaven. So it was sensible that I go to Maharloka to have darśana of that form of the Supreme Lord.”

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