Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.255, 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 2.4.255 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 2.4.255:

भीतस् तद्-अग्रेऽञ्जलिमान् अवस्थितो निःसृत्य वेगेन हनूमता बलात् ।
प्रवेशितोऽन्तः-पुरम् अद्भुताद्भुतं व्यलोकयं तं नृ-वराकृतिं प्रभुम् ॥ २५५ ॥

bhītas tad-agre'ñjalimān avasthito niḥsṛtya vegena hanūmatā balāt |
praveśito'ntaḥ-puram adbhutādbhutaṃ vyalokayaṃ taṃ nṛ-varākṛtiṃ prabhum || 255 ||

bhītaḥ–afraid; tad-agre–in His presence; añjali-mān–with folded hands; avasthitaḥ–standing; niḥsṛtya–coming out; vegena–quickly; hanumatā–by Hanumān; balāt–forcefully; praveśitaḥ–brought in; antaḥ-puram–the inner palace; adbhuta-adbhutam–extraordinarily wonderful; vyalokayam–I beheld; tam–him; nṛ-varaākṛtim–excellent human form; prabhum–the Supreme Lord, having superlative existence.

Frightened, I stood in front of Bharata with folded hands. At that time, Śrī Hanumānjī appeared with great speed and, catching me by the hand, forcibly took me inside the palace. There, I had darśana of Bhagavān Śrī Raghunāthajī, whose splendid human form was extraordinarily beautiful.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In this way, I understood that Śrī Bharata did not approve of my prayers. Feeling like an offender, I stood fearfully in front of Him with folded hands. At that very moment, Śrī Hanumān came running from his position near the lotus feet of Śrī Rāmacandrajī, who was seated in the inner chambers of the palace. Hanumān grabbed my hand and forcibly took me inside, where I had direct darśana of Śrī Rāmacandrajī. What was the Lord like? Like the wonder of wonders. He possessed a magnificent human form of exquisite beauty never seen and never heard of before.”

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