Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.102, 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 2.2.102 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.102:

अन्तरङ्गान्तराङ्गां तु प्रेम-भक्तिं यथा-रुचि ।
दातुम् अर्हत्य् अविश्रामं मन एव समाहितम् ॥ १०२ ॥

antaraṅgāntarāṅgāṃ tu prema-bhaktiṃ yathā-ruci |
dātum arhaty aviśrāmaṃ mana eva samāhitam || 102 ||

antaḥ-aṅga antaḥ-aṅgām–supremely confidential; tu–but; prema–loving; bhaktim–devotion; yathā ruci–according to one’s taste; dātum–to give; arhati–one should; aviśrāmam–without being weary; manaḥ–the mind; eva–indeed; samāhitam–fixed.

When the mind is fixed, prema-bhakti, which is more confidential than the practices of knowledge and renunciation, continuously manifests in the heart of the practitioner according to his natural predilection (ruci).

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Pippalāyana elaborates, “Among all the confidential practices, such as jñāna (knowledge) and vairāgya (renunciation), which enable one to attain Śrī Bhagavān or bring one close to Him, prema is the most confidential means. The mind alone, when it is focused and one-pointed, is capable of radiantly manifesting causeless devotional service in pure love (prema-bhakti). Just as the mind, which is the driver of the other senses, is capable of impelling them towards their respective objects, so only a focused mind can bring forth unconditional prema-bhakti according to the predilection, or taste (ruci), of the practitioner. Furthermore, since obstacles generally do not arise when one worships with the mind, or in other words, when one performs bhajana, one can achieve full absorption in Bhagavān. When that takes place, prema manifests.”

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