Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.25, 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 2.3.25 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.25:

श्री-मोहिनी-मूर्ति-धरस्य तत्र विभ्राजमान्स्य निजेश्वरस्य ।
पूजां समाप्य प्रकृतिः प्रकृष्ट-मूर्तिः सपद्य् एव समभ्ययन् माम् ॥ २५ ॥

śrī-mohinī-mūrti-dharasya tatra vibhrājamānsya nijeśvarasya |
pūjāṃ samāpya prakṛtiḥ prakṛṣṭa-mūrtiḥ sapady eva samabhyayan mām || 25 ||

śrī-mohinī-mūrti-dharasya–having the form of Śrī Mohinī-devī; tatra–there; vibhrājamānasya–of the splendid; nija–personal; īśvarasya–of the Lord; pūjām–worship; samāpya–having completed; prakṛtiḥ–material nature personified; prakṛṣṭa-mūrtiḥ–in an attractive form; sapadi–at once; eva–indeed; samabhyayāt–approached; mām–me.

The goddess Śrī Prakṛti-devī, charmingly attired, appeared before me after she finished the worship of her Lord, who was personally present there as Śrī Mohinī-mūrti.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “The attractively attired Prakṛti-devī welcomed me with outstretched arms after she finished the worship of her Lord, who was present in that covering. What was her Lord like? Ah! The Lord’s Śrī Mohinī form was so enchanting that she was even worshipable for Māyā, who herself is supremely bewitching. In other words, even the enchanting manifestation, or mohinī-mūrti, of Māyā, the deluding potency, was put to shame by the manifestation of the Lord, Śrī Mohinī-mūrti. The beauty of this attractive form of the Lord was radiating in that dense darkness.”

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