Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.34, 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 2.3.34 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.34:

मनो-दृग्-आनन्द-विवर्धनं विभुं विचित्र-माधुर्य-विभूषणाचितम् ।
समग्र-सत्-पूरुष-लक्षणान्वितं स्फुरत्-पर-ब्रह्म-मयं महाद्भुतम् ॥ ३४ ॥

mano-dṛg-ānanda-vivardhanaṃ vibhuṃ vicitra-mādhurya-vibhūṣaṇācitam |
samagra-sat-pūruṣa-lakṣaṇānvitaṃ sphurat-para-brahma-mayaṃ mahādbhutam || 34 ||

manaḥ–of the mind; dṛk–and eyes; ānanda–bliss; vivardhanam–increasing; vibhum–all-powerful; vicitra–amazing; mādhurya–sweetness; vibhūṣaṇa–by ornaments; ācitam–covered; samagra–all; sat-pūruṣa–of saintly persons; lakṣaṇa–the characteristics; anvitam–having; sphurat–effulgent; para-brahma-mayam–the Supreme Spirit; mahā–very; adbhutam–wonderful.

Although effulgent like billions of suns, the Supreme Lord increased the bliss of the mind and eyes. Decorated with varieties of beautiful ornaments and endowed with all saintly qualities, He revealed Himself in the most amazing form of Parabrahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks two verses, beginning here with mana, to clearly describe the densely concentrated brilliance of the Supreme Lord Parameśvara. He says, “Although Parameśvara was as effulgent as billions of suns, still, He increased the bliss of one’s mind and words and was all-pervasive. He was excellently decorated with varieties of astonishingly lovely ornaments and displayed all the thirty-two marks of a great personality–reddish palms, reddish soles, and so on. Untouched by the covering of material energy, the entirely effulgent transcendental form of Parabrahman was wonderfully astonishing and completely extraordinary.”

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