Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.86, 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 2.2.86 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.86
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.86:
श्री-पिप्पलायन उवाच—
इदं महत् पदं हित्वा कथम् अन्यद् यियाससि ।
कथं वा भ्रमसि द्रष्टुं दृग्भ्यां तं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ८६ ॥śrī-pippalāyana uvāca—
idaṃ mahat padaṃ hitvā katham anyad yiyāsasi |
kathaṃ vā bhramasi draṣṭuṃ dṛgbhyāṃ taṃ parameśvaram || 86 ||śrī-pippalāyana uvāca–Śrī Pippalāyana said; idam–this; mahat–great; padam–abode; hitvā–giving up; katham–why?; anyat–to another; yiyāsasi–you desire to go; katham–why?; vā–or; bhramasi–you travel; draṣṭum–to behold; dṛgbhyām–with your eyes; tam–that; parama–the Supreme; īśvaram–Lord.
Śrī Pippalāyana said: Why do you want to leave this exalted realm and go elsewhere? Why do you roam about trying to see the Supreme Lord, who cannot be seen with material eyes?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Pippalāyana says, “Tapoloka is the abode of the greatest masters of yoga who are strictly celibate. The happiness enjoyed here is billions of times greater than that of the prajāpatis. Why would you abandon all this and go elsewhere? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Parameśvara, is imperceptible to material eyes; why are you wandering all over trying to see Him?”