Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.118, 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 2.2.118 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.118
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.118:
अथाभ्यास-बलेनान्तर् बहिश् च जगद्-ईश्वरम् ।
तत्-तद्-रूपेण पश्यामि प्रत्यक्षम् इव सर्वतः ॥ ११८ ॥athābhyāsa-balenāntar bahiś ca jagad-īśvaram |
tat-tad-rūpeṇa paśyāmi pratyakṣam iva sarvataḥ || 118 ||atha–then; abhyāsa-balena–on the strength of my practice; antaḥ–within; bahiḥ–without; ca–and; jagad-īśvaram–the Lord of the worlds; tat-tat-rūpeṇa–in His respective forms; paśyāmi–I would see; pratyakṣam–before my eyes; iva–as if; sarvataḥ–everywhere.
On the strength of my practice of meditation, I would see Śrī Jagadīśvara within and without, as if He were directly before me in all His various forms that I had seen before.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
The Mathurā brāhmaṇa might object, “How did your constant suffering from the lack of Bhagavān’s darśana demonstrate the glories of Tapoloka?”
Therefore, Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks this verse, saying, “By dint of my constant and intense practice of meditation, I would see the Lord of the universe everywhere, internally and externally. He appeared in the forms that I had seen previously as if directly before my eyes.”