Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.126, 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 2.2.126 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.126
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.126:
तस्य लोकस् तु सत्याख्यः सर्वोपरि विराजते ।
सत-जन्म-कृतैः शुद्धैः स्व-धर्मैर् लभ्यते हि यः ॥ १२६ ॥tasya lokas tu satyākhyaḥ sarvopari virājate |
sata-janma-kṛtaiḥ śuddhaiḥ sva-dharmair labhyate hi yaḥ || 126 ||asya–his; lokaḥ–realm; tu–indeed; satya-ākhyaḥ–named Satya; sarvaupari–above all; virājate–shines; śata–a hundred; janma–births; kṛtaiḥ–by performing; śuddhaiḥ–faultlessly; sva-dharmaiḥ–their religious duties; labhyate–attained; hi–indeed; yaḥ–which.
“He resides in Satyaloka, which is located above all other worlds. Those who faultlessly execute their prescribed occupational duties (sva-dharma) for one hundred lifetimes attain this planet.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra may ask, “Where does Brahmā reside?”
Sanaka and the others reply in this verse beginning with asya. They say, “Śrī Brahmā lives in Satyaloka, a planet above all others at the far boundary of the top of the universe (brahmāṇḍa). One attains that planet after flawlessly executing his prescribed duties for one hundred births.” Śrī Rudra confirms this in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (4.24.29): “svadharma-niṣṭhaḥ śata-janmabhiḥ pumān viriñcatām eti–When one faithfully executes his prescribed duties for one hundred lifetimes, he attains the position of Brahmā (viriñcitva).”