Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.80, 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 2.3.80 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.80
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.80:
तद्-दर्शन-स्वभावोत्थ-प्रहर्षाकृष्ट-मानसः ।
नाज्ञाशिषं किम् अप्य् अन्तर् बहिश् चान्यं निज-प्रियम् ॥ ८० ॥tad-darśana-svabhāvottha-praharṣākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ |
nājñāśiṣaṃ kim apy antar bahiś cānyaṃ nija-priyam || 80 ||tat-darśana–the sight; svabhāva–naturally; uttha–risen; praharṣa–intense joy; ākṛṣṭa–attracted; mānasaḥ–mind; na–not; ajñāsiṣam–I knew; kim api–anything; antaḥ–within; bahiḥ–without; ca–and; anyam–anything; nija–own; priyam–dear.
As a natural result of their darśana, prema welled within me and captured my mind so completely that everything I had held dear–internal or external–was thrust from my consciousness.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Upon receiving their direct darśana, which captivated my mind, I was overwhelmed with a joy so intense that I lost the ability to understand all other matters I had held dear–internal or external, either related to myself or to others.”