Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.108, 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 2.2.108 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.108
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.108:
अन्तर् बहिश् च पश्यामस् तं समाधि-परायणाः ।
नातो विच्छेद-दुःखं स्याद् इत्य् अगात् तत्र स प्रभुः ॥ १०८ ॥antar bahiś ca paśyāmas taṃ samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ |
nāto viccheda-duḥkhaṃ syād ity agāt tatra sa prabhuḥ || 108 ||antaḥ–within; bahiḥ–without; ca–also; paśyāmaḥ–we see; tam–Him; samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ–absorbed in trance; na–not; ataḥ–hence; viccheda–through separation; duḥkham–suffering; syāt–may be; iti–thus; agāt–went; tatra–there; saḥ–He; prabhuḥ–the Lord.
Being fixed in samādhi, we see Him everywhere, within and without, and never feel pangs of separation from Him. Aware of our capabilities, the Lord has gone to Bhārata-varṣa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “Why do you live here separated from Bhagavān? Moreover, why has Bhagavān, who is so affectionate (bhakta-vatsala) to His devotees, abandoned you and gone there?”
Pippalāyana replies, “By the power of our samādhi, the Lord is always visible to us internally and externally, thus we do not feel the distress of being separated from Him. Knowing our qualifications, Bhagavān Śrī Nārāyaṇa has gone to Gandhamādana Mountain [on the earth planet].”