Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.127, 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 2.4.127 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.127
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.127:
श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
परमाप्तं सुहृच्-छ्रेष्टं तं प्राप्य स्व-गुरूपमम् ।
हार्दं तद्-वृत्तम् आत्मीयं कर्त्स्न्येनाकथयं तदा ॥ १२७ ॥śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca—
paramāptaṃ suhṛc-chreṣṭaṃ taṃ prāpya sva-gurūpamam |
hārdaṃ tad-vṛttam ātmīyaṃ kartsnyenākathayaṃ tadā || 127 ||śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; parama-āptam–the most authoritative source of knowledge; suhṛt–of friends; śreṣṭham–best; tam–him; prāpya–attaining; sva-guru–my own guru; upamam–like; hārdam–of the heart; tat-vṛttam–the events; ātmīyam–own; kārtsnena–entirely; akathayam–I told; tadā–then.
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Śrī Nārada is fully trustworthy. He is the greatest among well-wishers and is like my own guru. As soon as I met him, I confided in him the story of my heart.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I met Śrī Nārada.”
The brāhmaṇa may ask, “How did you find him to be?”
Gopa-kumāra says, “I found him to be a completely trustworthy person and the best of selfless benefactors. For this reason, I accepted him as equal to my guru and disclosed to him everything that was in my heart.”