Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.147, 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 2.2.147 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.147
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.147:
तद्-भीत्यालीयत ब्रह्मा दैत्यो भगवता हतः ।
भयाक्रान्तो विधिर् नैति तत्-पदेऽयुङ्क्त मां प्रभुः ॥ १४७ ॥tad-bhītyālīyata brahmā daityo bhagavatā hataḥ |
bhayākrānto vidhir naiti tat-pade'yuṅkta māṃ prabhuḥ || 147 ||tat–of it; bhītyā–out of fear; alīyata–fled and hid; brahmā–Brahmā; daityaḥ–the demon; bhagavatā–by the Lord; hataḥ–was slain; bhaya–by terror; ākrāntaḥ–overwhelmed; vidhiḥ–Brahmā; na–not; eti–return; tat-pade–in His position; ayuṅkta–appointed; mām–me; prabhuḥ–the Lord.
Terrorized, Śrī Brahmā fled and hid. Śrī Bhagavān killed the demon, but Brahmājī remained overcome with fear and did not return. In the end, the Lord appointed me to the post of Brahmā.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Terrified of that demon, Brahmājī hid in a secluded place in an invisible form. Even though Bhagavān Śrī Nārāyaṇa destroyed the demon, still Brahmā, who is the creator of the entire universe, was still overcome by fear and did not return. Eventually, Lord Śrī Jagadīśvara assigned me to the post of creator (vidhātā), making me the supreme entity in the universe (parameṣṭhī) and giving me the authority of Brahmā.”