Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.49, 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 2.3.49 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.49
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.49:
हृष्टोऽहं परितः पश्यन् वृषारूढं व्यलोकयम् ।
कम् अप्य् ऊर्ध्व-पदात् तत्रायान्तं सर्व-विलक्षणम् ॥ ४९ ॥hṛṣṭo'haṃ paritaḥ paśyan vṛṣārūḍhaṃ vyalokayam |
kam apy ūrdhva-padāt tatrāyāntaṃ sarva-vilakṣaṇam || 49 ||hṛṣṭaḥ–thrilled; aham–I; paritaḥ–all around; paśyan–looking; vṛṣa–on a bull; ārūḍham–mounted; vyalokayam–I saw; kam api–someone; ūrdhva-padāt–from a higher realm; tatra–there; āyāntam–coming; sarva–amongst all others; vilakṣaṇam–unique.
Thrilled to hear that sound, I looked all around and saw a completely extraordinary person sitting on a bull and descending from a higher realm.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Then I saw an allwonderful and unparalleled personality. He was descending into mukti-pada from the upper region of the abode of liberation, riding on a bull.” Here, the reason Gopa-kumāra says ‘one personality’ is because at that time, he did not know the real nature (tattva) of that person. “What was this form of Bhagavān like? It was more extraordinary and unique than all other forms of Bhagavān I had ever seen in the past.”