Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.146, 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 2.2.146 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.146:

इत्थम् अह्नां कतिपये प्रयाते प्रातर् एकदा ।
कौतुकाद् ब्रह्मणा स्पृष्टः फेण-पुञ्जोऽसुरोऽभवत् ॥ १४६ ॥

ittham ahnāṃ katipaye prayāte prātar ekadā |
kautukād brahmaṇā spṛṣṭaḥ pheṇa-puñjo'suro'bhavat || 146 ||

ittham–thus; ahnām–days; katipaye–some; prayāte–past; prātaḥ–in the early morning; ekadā–one day; kautukāt–out of curiosity; brahmaṇā–by Brahmā; spṛṣṭaḥ–touched; pheṇa-puñjaḥ–a mass of foam; asuraḥ–a demon; abhavat–it became.

In this way, a few days of Brahmā elapsed. One day at dawn Śrī Brahmā, out of curiosity, touched a mass of foam from which an enormous demon manifested.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Now, Śrī Gopa-kumāra chanted his mantra with great resolve (saṅkalpa), and by the power of this chanting, he obtained the post of Brahmā, the topmost position in the universe. To explain how this came about, Gopa-kumāra speaks two verses, beginning here with ittham. He says, “And so passed several of Brahmā’s days. Then early one morning, Śrī Brahmā touched a mass of foam out of curiosity, and an incredible thing happened! From that foam arose a gargantuan demon, terrifying like the masses of foam on the ocean of cosmic annihilation, and fearsomely strong.”

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