Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.265, 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 2.4.265 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.265:

श्री-गोप-कुमार उवाच—
अथ तस्याज्ञयागत्योत्थापितोऽहं हनूमता ।
श्रीमत्-पादाब्ज-पीठस्य नीतश् च निकटं हठात् ॥ २६५ ॥

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
atha tasyājñayāgatyotthāpito'haṃ hanūmatā |
śrīmat-pādābja-pīṭhasya nītaś ca nikaṭaṃ haṭhāt || 265 ||

śrī-gopa-kumāraḥ–Śrī Gopa-kumāra; uvāca–said; atha–then; tasya–His; ājñayā–by the order; āgatya–coming; utthāpitaḥ–lifted; aham–I; hanūmatā–by Hanumān; śrīmat-pāda-abja–for His beautiful lotus feet; pīṭhasya–to the footstool; nītaḥ–brought; ca–and; nikaṭam–nearby; haṭhāt–forcibly.

Śrī Gopa-kumāra continued: Then, on the Lord’s order, Śrī Hanumānjī approached me. He lifted me up and brought me by force to the footstool on which Śrī Bhagavān was resting His lotus feet.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “However, being beside myself with bliss, I was completely helpless and could not stop bowing down to Him. Then, on the order of Śrī Raghunāthajī, Śrī Hanumān came near me, and picking me up, he forcibly brought me to the square footstool at the base of the royal throne on which Śrī Raghunāthajī was resting His lotus feet.”

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