Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.250, 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 2.4.250 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.250
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.250:
श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
श्रुत्वा तं नितरां हृष्टो मुहुः श्री-नारदं नमन् ।
तस्याशिर्वादम् आदाय शिक्षां चानुस्मरन्न् अयाम् ॥ २५० ॥śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca—
śrutvā taṃ nitarāṃ hṛṣṭo muhuḥ śrī-nāradaṃ naman |
tasyāśirvādam ādāya śikṣāṃ cānusmarann ayām || 250 ||śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ uvāca–Śrī Gopa-kumāra said; śrutvā–having heard; tat–this; nitarām–intensely; hṛṣṭaḥ–joyous; muhuḥ–again and again; śrī-nāradam–to the glorious sage Nārada; naman–bowing down; tasya–his; āśīḥ-vādam–blessing; ādāya–taking; śikṣām–teaching; ca–also; anusmaran–remembering again and again; ayam–this.
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O brāhmaṇa, I became overjoyed to hear these words from Śrī Nāradajī. I offered him repeated obeisances and, upon taking his blessings and thinking of his instructions, I proceeded from there.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I became very pleased to hear Śrī Nārada’s words. Following his instructions, I proceeded towards Ayodhyā, chanting and remembering the names of the Lord such as ‘Jaya Śrī Sītāpati, husband of Śrī Sītā! Jaya Śrī Raghunātha, Lord of the Raghu dynasty!’”