Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.81, 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 2.4.81 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.81
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.81:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच—
स्वागतं स्वागतं वत्स दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या भवान् मया ।
सङ्गोऽत्र त्वद्-ईक्षायां चिरम् उत्कण्ठितेन हि ॥ ८१ ।śrī-bhagavān uvāca—
svāgataṃ svāgataṃ vatsa diṣṭyā diṣṭyā bhavān mayā |
saṅgo'tra tvad-īkṣāyāṃ ciram utkaṇṭhitena hi || 81 ||śrī-bhagavān–the Lord; uvāca–said; svāgatam svāgatam–a hearty welcome; vatsa–O my child; diṣṭyā diṣṭyā–by very good fortune; bhavān–you; mayā–with Me; saṅgaḥ–meeting; atra–here; tvatīkṣāyām–for your sight; ciram–for a long time; utkaṇṭhitena–with eager longing; hi–indeed.
Śrī Bhagavān said: Dear boy, welcome, welcome! It is My good fortune, My very good fortune. For a long, long time I have been eagerly waiting to see you here.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Śrī Bhagavān, the crest jewel of the kind-hearted, desiring to put me at ease, honored me according to the proper etiquette for greeting a guest, saying, ‘My dearest, welcome, welcome!’ Out of happiness, Bhagavān repeated His greeting twice. ‘I have been eagerly awaiting your arrival for a long time. It is a matter of great fortune that today I am seeing you face to face here in Vaikuṇṭha.’”