Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.78, 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 2.3.78 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.78
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.78:
भूषा-भूषन-गात्रांशु-च्छटाच्छादित-शैवकान् ।
निजेश्वर-महा-कीर्ति-गानानन्द-रसाप्लुतान् ॥ ७८ ॥bhūṣā-bhūṣana-gātrāṃśu-cchaṭācchādita-śaivakān |
nijeśvara-mahā-kīrti-gānānanda-rasāplutān || 78 ||bhūṣā–of their ornaments; bhūṣaṇa–ornaments; gātra–of their limbs; aṃśu-chaṭā–by the splendor; ācchādita–concealed; śaivakān–the followers of Śrī Śiva; nija–of own; īśvara–Lord; mahā–great; kīrti-gāna–singing the glories; ānanda–of bliss; rasa–in the mellows; āplutān–plunged.
Those Vaikuṇṭha associates were themselves the ornaments of their ornaments, and the effulgence of their limbs was so brilliant that the associates of Śiva were concealed by it. Singing the super-excellent glories of their Lord, they were submerged in the mellow of bliss.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “They were the ornaments even of their own ornaments, and their bodily luster eclipsed the auspicious luster of Śiva’s devotees. They were immersed in the blissful mellow of singing the great glories of their Lord, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha.”