Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.85, 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 2.3.85 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.85
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.85:
श्री-गणेश उवाच—
एते वैकुण्ठ-नाथस्य श्री-कृष्णस्य महा-प्रभोः ।
पार्षदाः प्राप्त-सारूप्या वैकुण्ठाद् आगताः किल ॥ ८५ ॥śrī-gaṇeśa uvāca—
ete vaikuṇṭha-nāthasya śrī-kṛṣṇasya mahā-prabhoḥ |
pārṣadāḥ prāpta-sārūpyā vaikuṇṭhād āgatāḥ kila || 85 ||śrī-gaṇeśaḥ uvāca–Śrī Gaṇeśa said; ete–they; vaikuṇṭha-nāthasya–of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha; śrī-kṛṣṇasya–of the all-attractive Śrī Kṛṣṇa; mahā-prabhoḥ–of the Great Master; pārṣadāḥ
–the associates; prāpta–attained; sārūpyāḥ–forms similar to Nārāyaṇa; vaikuṇṭhāt–from Vaikuṇṭha; āgatāḥ–come; kila–indeed.Śrī Gaṇeśa said: These are the personal associates of Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha. They have received forms like His and have come here from Vaikuṇṭha.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gaṇeśa says, “These are the eternal associates (pārṣadas) of Vaikuṇṭha-nātha Śrī Kṛṣṇa who have received forms like His through the liberation of sārūpya. Understand this absolutely; there is no scope for impossibility here.”