Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.115, 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 2.3.115 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.115
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.115:
भगवत्-पार्षदाः श्रूत्वा तं तं वाचम् उमा-पतेः ।
प्रणम्य सादरं प्रीत्या तम् ऊचुर् विनयान्विताः ॥ ११५ ॥bhagavat-pārṣadāḥ śrūtvā taṃ taṃ vācam umā-pateḥ |
praṇamya sādaraṃ prītyā tam ūcur vinayānvitāḥ || 115 ||bhagavat–of the Lord; pārṣadāḥ–the associates; śrutvā–having heard; tām tām vācam–those words; umā-pateḥ–of Lord of Umā; praṇamya–bowing down; sa-ādaram–with respect; prītyā–with love; tam–to him; ūcuḥ–they said; vinaya-anvitāḥ–with humility.
Hearing the words of Lord Śiva, Śrī Bhagavān’s eternal associates respectfully offered him obeisances and humbly began to speak.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Before explaining the reason for their arrival, the Lord’s associates offered obeisances to Śrī Umāpati (Śrī Śiva, Umā-devī’s husband) with devotion, and then they spoke words of solace to relieve my inconsolable grief, which arises with love for the Lord.”