Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.110, 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 2.2.110 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.110:

श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
तत्रैव गन्तु-कामं मां चत्वारः सनकादयः ।
पश्यात्रैव तम् इत्य् उक्त्वा बहु-रूपाण्य् अदर्शयन् ॥ ११० ॥

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tatraiva gantu-kāmaṃ māṃ catvāraḥ sanakādayaḥ |
paśyātraiva tam ity uktvā bahu-rūpāṇy adarśayan || 110 ||

śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; tatra–there; eva–indeed; gantu-kāmam–having a desire to depart; mām–to me; catvāraḥ–the four; sanaka-ādayaḥ–headed by Sanaka; paśya–behold; atra–here; eva–indeed; tam–Him; iti–thus; uktvā–saying; bahu–many; rūpāṇi–forms; adarśayan–showing.

Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O brāhmaṇa, as I prepared to go to Gandhamādana Mountain, the four sages led by Sanaka understood the restlessness of my heart and said, “Gopa-kumāra, you can see Śrī Bhagavān right here,” upon which they showed me many manifestations of Bhagavān.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “When I became eager to go to Gandhamādana Mountain, the four Kumāras–Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, and Sanat-kumāra–manifested multifarious forms of Śrī Bhagavān.”

The brāhmaṇa might ask, “Why did they do that?”

Gopa-kumāra replies, “The four ṛṣi-kumāras told me, ‘Now there is no need to go to Gandhamādana Mountain. You can see Śrī Bhagavān right here in Tapoloka.’”

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