Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.88, 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 2.4.88 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.88
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.88:
श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
एतच् छ्री-भगवद्-वाक्य-महा-पीयूष-पानतः ।
मत्तोऽहं नाशकं स्तोतुं कर्तुं ज्ञातुं च किञ्चन ॥ ८८ ॥śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca—
etac chrī-bhagavad-vākya-mahā-pīyūṣa-pānataḥ |
matto'haṃ nāśakaṃ stotuṃ kartuṃ jñātuṃ ca kiñcana || 88 ||śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; etat–this; śrībhagavad-vākya–of the Supreme Lord’s words; mahā–rich; pīyūṣa–nectar; pānataḥ–on account of drinking; mattaḥ–intoxicated; aham–I; na aśakam–I could not; stotum–to offer prayers; kartum–to do; jñātum–to understand; ca–also; kiñcana–anything.
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O Mathurā brāhmaṇa, drinking the rich nectar of Śrī Bhagavān’s words, I became intoxicated. I forgot to offer any prayers and could not remember what my duty was.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Drinking the immense nectar of Śrī Bhagavān’s words, I became so maddened that–what to speak of praying–I forgot everything else, including who I was and where I was. At that time, I simply did not have the strength to do or understand anything.”