Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.145, 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 2.2.145 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.145:

अन्तर्धाय कदाचिच् चेत् कुत्रापि भगवान् व्रजेत् ।
शोकः स्याद् आगते तस्मिन् स-मूलः क्षीयते स नः ॥ १४५ ॥

antardhāya kadācic cet kutrāpi bhagavān vrajet |
śokaḥ syād āgate tasmin sa-mūlaḥ kṣīyate sa naḥ || 145 ||

antardhāya–having disappeared; kadācit–at times; cet–if; kutra api–somewhere; bhagavān–the Lord; vrajet–would go; śokaḥ–grief; syāt–may be; āgate–when returned; ca–and; asmin–He; sa-mūlaḥ–together with the root; kṣīyate–is destroyed; saḥ–that; naḥ–our.

When Śrī Bhagavān would sometimes disappear and go elsewhere, I would suffer deeply. But as soon as He returned, all that grief would be eradicated.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

“Although there was cause for distress, I never experienced any suffering in Satyaloka.” To explain this, Śrī Gopakumāra speaks this verse beginning with antardhāya. He says, “At certain times, Śrī Bhagavān would disappear and go somewhere else, at which time, I would experience great distress. Where would He go? I have not disclosed the name of that particular place because, at that time, I was unaware of it.” Śrī Nārada shall explain this topic later. “As soon as Śrī Bhagavān would return, all my distress would be completely vanquished, and so I was not especially eager to know the actual reason for His going elsewhere.”

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