Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.228, 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 2.2.228 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.228:

भगवत्-सेवकैस् तत्र गतैश् च स्वेच्छया परम् ।
हृद्याकारं घनी-भूतं ब्रह्म-रूपं तद् ईक्ष्यते ॥ २२८ ॥

bhagavat-sevakais tatra gataiś ca svecchayā param |
hṛdyākāraṃ ghanī-bhūtaṃ brahma-rūpaṃ tad īkṣyate || 228 ||

bhagavat–of the Lord; sevakaiḥ–by the servants; tatra–there; gataiḥ–having gone; ca–also; sva-icchayā–by their own desire; param–thereafter; hṛdi–that is pleasing to their heart; ākāram–the form; ghanī-bhūtam–condensed; brahma-rūpam–form of Brahman; tat–that; īkṣyate–is seen.

If sometimes, servants of Bhagavān go to the abode of liberation by their own volition, then, according to their heart’s sentiments, they see that abode of liberation as the embodiment of condensed Brahman, or Absolute Truth.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

This verse beginning with bhagavat describes the Personality of Mahākāla as possessing a definite form. The bhaktiśāstras say, “The servants of Bhagavān might go to the abode of liberation, but there they directly experience that abode as having a beautiful form according to the proclivity of their hearts. Why do they go to Mahākāla-pura? They go there only out of their independent desire, because there is no other reason to go there.” Or, it may be said, “In order to observe, they go there of their own volition and have darśana of the Lord who resides there as the personification of concentrated Brahman.”

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