Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.74, 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 2.2.74 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.74:

श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
ततोऽकर्षम् अहं चित्ते तत्राहो कीदृशं सुखम् ।
ईदृशः कति वान्ये स्यूर् एषां पूज्यश् च कीदृशः ॥ ७४ ॥

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tato'karṣam ahaṃ citte tatrāho kīdṛśaṃ sukham |
īdṛśaḥ kati vānye syūr eṣāṃ pūjyaś ca kīdṛśaḥ || 74 ||

śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī-Gopa-kumāra said; tataḥ–thereafter; akārṣam aham–I was attracted; citte–in my heart; tatra–there; aho–oh!; kīdṛśam–what kind?; sukham–happiness; īdṛśāḥ–of this nature; kati–how many; –whether?; anye–others; syuḥ–there may be; eṣām–their; pūjyaḥ–their worshipable object; ca–and; kīdṛśaḥ–of what nature?.

Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, I wondered, “What kind of happiness is found on Tapoloka? How many great yogīs like Sanatkumāra live there? And which form of the Lord do they worship?”

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Listening to the maharṣis convinced me that I had to go to Tapoloka. I wondered, ‘What kind of happiness do they enjoy there? How many powerful masters of yoga (yogendras) like Sanat-kumāra live there? What is their worshipable Lord like?’ Above all else I considered, ‘If these exalted yogīs have glories like those of the Lord, then it follows that their worshipable Lord must be endowed with even more exalted qualities than them. Therefore, it is imperative that I go to their abode to see that manifestation of Bhagavān.’”

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