Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.60, 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 2.3.60 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.60
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.60:
श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
तद् आकर्ण्य प्रहृष्टोऽहम् ऐच्छं तस्मान् महेश्वरात् ।
प्रसादं कम् अपि प्राप्तुम् आत्मनो हृदयङ्गमम् ॥ ६० ॥śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca—
tad ākarṇya prahṛṣṭo'ham aicchaṃ tasmān maheśvarāt |
prasādaṃ kam api prāptum ātmano hṛdayaṅgamam || 60 ||śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; tat–that; ākarṇya–hearing; prahṛṣṭaḥ–very joyful; aham–I; aiccham–desired; tasmāt–from him; maheśvarāt–Śrī Maheśvara; prasādam–mercy; kam api–something; prāptum–to obtain; ātmanaḥ–of the self; hṛdayam-gamam–pleasing to the heart.
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: I was extremely pleased to hear Nandīśvara’s words. When I understood that Śiva and Kṛṣṇa are nondifferent, I began to desire to obtain some special mercy from Maheśvara that I could perceive and experience.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I was delighted to hear Śrī Nandīśvara’s words. Having understood that Lord Śiva and Śrī Madana-gopāla are nondifferent, I desired some special mercy from Śrī Śiva. I was naturally attached to the lotus feet of Śrī Madanagopāla. Nevertheless, when I witnessed the supreme opulence of Śiva, I became unable to abandon him either. I thought that since Śrī Mahādeva was nondifferent from my Śrī Madana-gopāla, my mind would be satisfied.”