Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.135, 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 2.4.135 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.135
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.135:
ततोऽत्रापि सुखं तत् तद् अनन्तं परमं महत् ।
वर्धमानं सदा स्वीय-मनः-पूरकम् आप्स्यसि ॥ १३५ ॥tato'trāpi sukhaṃ tat tad anantaṃ paramaṃ mahat |
vardhamānaṃ sadā svīya-manaḥ-pūrakam āpsyasi || 135 ||tataḥ–then; atra–here; api–also; sukham–happiness; tat tat–each and everything; anantam–endless; paramam–supreme; mahat–great; vardhamānam–increasing; sadā–always; svīya-manaḥ–of your mind; pūrakam–fulfillment; āpsyasi–you will achieve.
If you do so, then even here you will experience that utmost bliss, which is unlimited and ever-increasing and which will satisfy your mind.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “When you see that Śrī Madanagopāla and Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha are nondifferent, then you will enjoy an indescribable happiness right here in Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, and your heart will be appeased. What is the nature of that happiness? It is always increasing, manifesting fresh and new sweetness at every moment.”
Yet, Gopa-kumāra might question, “Will the novelty of that happiness not wear off?” Therefore, Śrī Nārada says, “That happiness is very great and it has no limit–it is infinitely vast.” This has already been explained.