Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.149, 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 2.2.149 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.149
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.149:
इतस् ततो महा-यज्ञैर् अश्वमेधादिभिर् विभुम् ।
सम्पूजयन् मुदां पूरैर् ब्रह्माण्डं समपूरयम् ॥ १४९ ॥itas tato mahā-yajñair aśvamedhādibhir vibhum |
sampūjayan mudāṃ pūrair brahmāṇḍaṃ samapūrayam || 149 ||itaḥ tataḥ–here and there; mahā-yajñaiḥ–through immense sacrifices; aśva-medha–by the horse sacrifices; ādibhiḥ–and so forth; vibhum–the all-pervasive Lord; sampūjayan–fully worshipping; mudām–of bliss; pūraiḥ–with floods; brahma-aṇḍam–the universe; samapūrayam–I overfilled.
In place after place, I exclusively arranged for the worship of Śrī Bhagavān by causing the performance of grand sacrifices such as the Aśvamedha, by which the entire cosmos was immersed in bliss.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra received the authority of Brahmā and performed duties such as maintaining the universe. In this verse beginning with itas, he describes his other activities. He says, “Worship of the Supreme Lord Jagadīśvara began to be performed everywhere, immersing the entire brahmāṇḍa in sheer joy.”