Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.100, 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 2.4.100 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.100
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.100:
गोकुलाचारितं चास्य महा-माहात्म्य-दर्शकम् ।
परम-स्तोत्र-रूपेण साक्षाद् गायामि सर्वदा ॥ १०० ॥gokulācāritaṃ cāsya mahā-māhātmya-darśakam |
parama-stotra-rūpeṇa sākṣād gāyāmi sarvadā || 100 ||gokula–in Gokula; ācaritam–pastimes; ca–also; asya–of Him; mahā-māhātmya–greatest glories; darśakam–revealing; paramastotra-rūpeṇa–with excellent prayers; sākṣāt–personally; gāyāmi–I would sing; sarvadā–always.
I would always sing excellent prayers describing the Lord’s Gokula pastimes, which reveal His greatest glories.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In a superb manner, I would perform saṅkīrtana (loud glorification), singing splendid songs that glorify the Lord’s childhood pastimes which take place in Gokula, in the land of Vraja, in the area of Mathurā. I always glorified those pastimes that exhibit the Lord’s greatness.”