Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.143, 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 2.2.143 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.143
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.143:
कृत्स्ने लोक-त्रये नष्टे रात्राव् एकार्णवे सति ।
शेषोपरि सुखं शेते भगवान् ब्रह्मणा समम् ॥ १४३ ॥kṛtsne loka-traye naṣṭe rātrāv ekārṇave sati |
śeṣopari sukhaṃ śete bhagavān brahmaṇā samam || 143 ||kṛtsne–all; loka–worlds; traye–three; naṣṭe–destroyed; rātrau–at night; eka–one; arṇave–in ocean; sati–being; śeṣa upari–upon Śrī Śeṣa; sukham–happily; śete–reposed; bhagavān–the abode of six opulences; brahmaṇā samam–with Śrī Brahmā.
At the end of the day of Brahmā and the beginning of his night, when the three worlds are annihilated in the cosmic inundation, Śrī Bhagavān would take Brahmājī with Him and happily sleep on Śeṣanāga.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
To point out the special difference between Brahmaloka and the other planets such as Svarga, Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks two verses, beginning here with kṛtsne. He says, “A day of Brahmā lasts for the duration of one thousand yuga cycles. When Brahmā’s day ended and his night began, Bhagavān Sahasra-śīrṣā, along with Brahmā, slept on the bed of the serpent Śeṣa-nāga.”