Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.110, 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 2.4.110 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.110:

तर्ह्य् एव सर्वज्ञ-शिरोमणिं प्रभुं वैकुण्ठ-नाथं किल नन्द-नन्दनम् ।
लक्ष्मीं धरां चाकलयामि राधिकां चन्द्रावलीं चास्य गणान् व्रजार्भकान् ॥ ११० ॥

tarhy eva sarvajña-śiromaṇiṃ prabhuṃ vaikuṇṭha-nāthaṃ kila nanda-nandanam |
lakṣmīṃ dharāṃ cākalayāmi rādhikāṃ candrāvalīṃ cāsya gaṇān vrajārbhakān || 110 ||

tarhi–then; eva–indeed; sarva-jña–of they who are omniscient; śiraḥ-maṇim–the crest jewel; prabhum–the Master; vaikuṇṭhanātham–the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha; kila–indeed; nanda-nandanam–the son of Nanda Bābā; lakṣmīm–the goddess of fortune; dharām–the goddess of earth; ca–also; ākalayāmi–I would see; rādhikām–as Rādhikā; candrāvalīm–Candrāvalī; ca–and; asya–His; gaṇān–the group; vraja-arbhakān–as the boys of Vraja.

At that very moment, I began to see the crest jewel of all omniscient personalities, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, in the form of Nanda-nandana. I saw Lakṣmī-devī as Rādhikā, Dharaṇī-devī as Candrāvalī, and all the other associates as cowherd boys.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “There is no distress in Vaikuṇṭha. However, when that pain swelled in my heart, Lord Vaikuṇṭha-nātha understood my feelings right away. Then I saw the Lord Himself appearing as Nanda-nandana, the goddess of fortune Lakṣmī-devī as Rādhikā, the goddess of earth Dharaṇī-devī as Candrāvalī, and the other associates as cowherd boys. This vision was not just my imagination. Rather, Lord Vaikuṇṭha-nātha, the crest jewel of all omniscient personalities, understood my distress and manifested that form, thus gratifying me. This is because He is all-powerful.”

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