Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.34, 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 1.3.34 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.34
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.34:
विचित्र-भगवन्-नाम-संकीर्तन-कथोत्सवैः ।
सदेमां रमयन् विष्णुजन-सङ्ग-सुखं भजेत् ॥ ३४ ॥vicitra-bhagavan-nāma-saṃkīrtana-kathotsavaiḥ |
sademāṃ ramayan viṣṇujana-saṅga-sukhaṃ bhajet || 34 ||You always engage in the ecstatic performance of wonderful festivals for Śrī Pārvatī with Bhagavān’s nāma-saṅkīrtana and harikathā. Thus you experience the blissful association of Śrī Viṣṇu’s devotees in her company.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada explains the benefits of nurturing Śrī Pārvatī by Śiva with this verse beginning with vicitra. “You always please Śrī Pārvatī by your association in the manner of festivals by singing the various names of Bhagavān, describing His pastimes, and becoming blissful in her association.”
Here, in reference to the varieties of many wonderful festivals (kathotsavaiḥ), the plural is used. Śrī Ambikā-devī is also a devotee of Śrī Viṣṇu, therefore Śiva experiences the happiness of associating with a devotee of Viṣṇu. Only in the association of devotees of Viṣṇu can happiness be experienced by the glorious nāma-saṅkīrtana of Bhagavān.