Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.167, 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 2.4.167 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 2.4.167:

क्वचित् केष्व् अपि जीवेषु तत्-तच्-छक्ति-प्रवेशतः ।
तस्यावेशावतारा ये तेऽपि तद्वन् मता बुधैः ॥ १६७ ॥

kvacit keṣv api jīveṣu tat-tac-chakti-praveśataḥ |
tasyāveśāvatārā ye te'pi tadvan matā budhaiḥ || 167 ||

kvacit–sometimes; keṣu api–within certain; jīveṣu–souls; tattat-śakti–of His respective potencies; praveśataḥ–because of the entrance; tasya–His; āveśa-avatārāḥ–empowered incarnations; ye–who; te–they; api–also; tadvat–like Him; matāḥ–considered; budhaiḥ–by the wise.

Sometimes, Bhagavān’s special potency enters into a qualified living being, who is then known as an āveśa-avatāra. The wise accept such āveśa-avatāras to be as good as and as real as Bhagavān Himself.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

To demonstrate the special opulence of the Lord’s potency, Śrī Nārada says, “Sometimes Bhagavān’s potency enters into some great living being, who becomes known as an āveśaavatāra, or empowered incarnation. These āveśa-avatāras are also completely real. Because they manifest Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited opulence and sweetness in their character and activities, learned scholars have generally accepted them as incarnations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.” Here, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s topmost glories as the avatārī, source of all incarnations, have been told, and later on they will be further discussed. Thus, instead of using the term ‘Vaikuṇṭheśvara Śrī Nārāyaṇa’ in those places, the Lord is instead called ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa.’

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