Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.231, 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 2.2.231 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.231
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.231:
श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
तेषाम् एतैर् वचोभिर् मे भक्ति-वृद्धिं गता प्रभौ ।
विचारश् चैष हृदयेऽजनि माथुर-भूसुर ॥ २३१ ॥śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca—
teṣām etair vacobhir me bhakti-vṛddhiṃ gatā prabhau |
vicāraś caiṣa hṛdaye'jani māthura-bhūsura || 231 ||śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; teṣām–of them; etaiḥ–with these; vacobhiḥ–words; me–of me; bhakti–in devotion; vṛddhim–increased; gatā–became; prabhau–to the Lord; vicāraḥ–a thought; ca–also; eṣaḥ–this; hṛdaye–in the heart; ajani–manifested; māthura-bhūsura–O Brahman-realized person from Mathurā.
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: After hearing these words of the Vedas and Purāṇas, my devotion for Śrī Bhagavān increased even more. O Mathurā brāhmaṇa, then the following thought arose in my heart.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “My devotion to the Lord deepened even more because of hearing the words of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and all the other scriptures that establish the glories of service to Bhagavān.”