Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.63, 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 2.2.63 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.63
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.63:
ततोऽक्षय-बट-च्छये क्षेत्रे श्री-पुरुषोत्तमे ।
आगत्य श्री-जगन्नाथं पश्येयम् इति रोचते ॥ ६३ ॥tato'kṣaya-baṭa-cchaye kṣetre śrī-puruṣottame |
āgatya śrī-jagannāthaṃ paśyeyam iti rocate || 63 ||tataḥ–then; akṣaya–eternal; vaṭa–of the banyan tree; chāye–in the shade; kṣetre śrī-puruṣottame–in Puruṣottama-kṣetra; āgatya–coming; śrī-jagannātham–Śrī Jagannātha; paśyeyam–I may see; iti–thus; rocate–I desired.
In order to relieve the fever of separation from Bhagavān, I longed to go to Śrī Puruṣottama-kṣetra, where in the shade of the imperishable banyan tree I would continuously see Śrī Jagannāthadeva.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In order to allay the burning pain arising from separation from Bhagavān, I wanted to go to the shade of the imperishable banyan tree (akṣaya-vaṭa). Because that dearmost place, Śrī Puruṣottama-kṣetra (Śrī Jagannātha Purī), remains untouched even at the time of the cosmic annihilation, I wanted to go there and receive the darśana of Śrī Jagannātha-deva. Since ancient times, Śrī Jagannātha-deva has been splendidly situated there in His immovable form. Because one can always receive the Lord’s darśana, one never feels the distress of separation.”