Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.4, 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 2.3.4 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.4
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.4:
प्रयासैर् बहुभिः स्वास्थ्यं नीतोऽसौ वीक्ष्य मां नतम् ।
परिरेभेऽथ सर्वज्ञो बुबुधे मन्-मनोरथम् ॥ ४ ॥prayāsair bahubhiḥ svāsthyaṃ nīto'sau vīkṣya māṃ natam |
parirebhe'tha sarvajño bubudhe man-manoratham || 4 ||prayāsaiḥ–efforts; bahubhiḥ–with many; svāsthyam–to external condition; nītaḥ–brought; asau–he; vīkṣya–seeing; mām–me; natam–bowing down; parirebhe–he embraced; atha–then; sarvajñaḥ –omniscient; bubudhe–knowing; mat–my; manaḥ-ratham–heart’s desire.
Reviving him with great effort, I offered obeisances at his feet. Seeing me bowing down, he embraced me. Śrī Gurudeva was omniscient, and so he understood the desire in my heart (to go to mukti-pada, the abode of liberation).
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I saw him lying unconscious in trance on the ground, overwhelmed with love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa. I sprinkled water on him and with great effort brought him back to consciousness. Seeing me bowing down before him, he embraced me. Since he was omniscient, he understood my desire to go to the abode of liberation.”