Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.134, 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 2.4.134 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.134
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.134:
शोकं सर्वं विहायेमं श्रीमद्-वैकुण्ठ-नायकम् ।
निजेष्ट-देव-बुद्ध्यैव वीक्षस्व भज मा भिदम् ॥ १३४ ॥śokaṃ sarvaṃ vihāyemaṃ śrīmad-vaikuṇṭha-nāyakam |
nijeṣṭa-deva-buddhyaiva vīkṣasva bhaja mā bhidam || 134 ||śokam–distress; sarvam–all; vihāya–giving up; imam–this; śrīmadvaikuṇṭha-nāyakam–the hero of glorious Vaikuṇṭha; nija–your own; iṣṭa-deva–worshipable Deity; buddhyā–with the understanding; eva–indeed; vīkṣasva–just behold; bhaja–worship; mā–do not (make); bhidam–differentiation.
Do not think that the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha and your worshipable Lord are different from one another. Understand that Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha really is your worshipable Deity. Therefore, give up all your distress and worship Him.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “Therefore, give up all your lamentation. See your worshipable Deity Śrī Madana-gopāla in the form of Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nāyaka, the Hero of Vaikuṇṭha. Serve Him here, considering Them nondifferent from one another. Never think that They are two separate personalities.”