Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.145, 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 2.3.145 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.145:

तयाशु तादृशी प्रेम-सम्पद् उत्पादयिष्यते ।
यया सुखं ते भविता वैकुण्ठे कृष्ण-दर्शनम् ॥ १४५ ॥

tayāśu tādṛśī prema-sampad utpādayiṣyate |
yayā sukhaṃ te bhavitā vaikuṇṭhe kṛṣṇa-darśanam || 145 ||

tayā–by that; āśu–quickly; tādṛśī–such; prema–of love; sampat–the wealth; utpādayiṣyate–will be aroused; yayā–by which; sukham–easily; te–your; bhavitā–there will be; vaikuṇṭhe–in Vaikuṇṭha; kṛṣṇa-darśanam–the sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Due to the influence of devotion in which nāma-saṅkīrtana is prominent, the wealth of prema will arise in your heart very quickly, and by that power you will easily be able see Śrī Kṛṣṇa right in Vaikuṇṭha.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The Vaikuṇṭha pārṣadas say, “By performing bhakti that is predominated by nāma-saṅkīrtana, you will attain the wealth of prema very quickly, and by the power of that prema you will easily be able to have darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Vaikuṇṭha.”

In this regard, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.25), in describing Vaikuṇṭha, Śrī Brahmā states:

यच् च व्रजन्त्य् अनिमिषाम् ऋषभानुवृत्त्या दूरे यमा ह्य् उपरि नः स्पृहणीय-शीलाः
भर्तुर् मिथः सु-यशसः कथनानुराग वैक्लव्य-बाष्प-कलया पुलकी-कृताङ्गाः

yac ca vrajanty animiṣām ṛṣabhānuvṛttyā dūre yamā hy upari naḥ spṛhaṇīya-śīlāḥ
bhartur mithaḥ su-yaśasaḥ kathanānurāga vaiklavya-bāṣpa-kalayā pulakī-kṛtāṅgāḥ

Only those people who continuously sing the qualities of Śrī Hari can go to Vaikuṇṭha. Meeting together, they manifest such deep affection in singing the great glories of Śrī Bhagavān that they neglect the rules and regulations (yama and niyama) of behavior and exhibit symptoms of transcendental ecstasy. At times they shed tears helplessly, and at times their hair stands on end. Therefore, we pray for mercy in the form of compassion from such devotees.

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