Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.127, 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 2.2.127 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.127
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.127:
तत्र वैकुण्ठ-लोकोऽस्ति यस्मिन् श्री-जगद्-ईश्वरः ।
सहस्र-शिर्षा वर्तेत स महा-पुरुषः सदा ॥ १२७ ॥tatra vaikuṇṭha-loko'sti yasmin śrī-jagad-īśvaraḥ |
sahasra-śirṣā varteta sa mahā-puruṣaḥ sadā || 127 ||tatra–there; vaikuṇṭha-lokaḥ–Vaikuṇṭha-loka; asti–exists; yasmin–wherein; śrī-jagad-īśvaraḥ–the Lord of the universes; sahasraśīrṣā–with a thousand heads; varteta–stays; saḥ–He; mahāpuruṣaḥ–the Supreme Person; sadā–always.
“Within Satyaloka is a Vaikuṇṭha planet where the Lord of the universe, Śrī Jagadīśvara, resides eternally as Sahasra-śīrṣā, the thousand-headed Mahā-puruṣa.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
“There, your heartfelt desires will surely be fulfilled.” With the intention of presaging Gopa-kumāra’s imminent success in Satyaloka, the sages explain the glories of that place. They say, “Somewhere in Satyaloka is an abode called Śrī Vaikuṇṭha. There resides Śrī Jagadīśvara, who is the indescribable Mahā-puruṣa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Sahasra-śīrṣā (one who has a thousand heads).”