Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.68-69, 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 1.3.68-69 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.68-69
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.68-69:
श्री-परीक्षिद् उवाच—
ततः परम-हर्षेण क्षोभितात्मालपन् मुनिः ।
जय श्री-कमला-कान्त हे वैकुण्ठ-पते हरे ॥ ६८ ॥
जय वैकुण्ठ-लोकेति तत्रत्या जयतेति च ।
जय कृष्ण-प्रिये पद्मे वैकुण्ठाधीश्वरीत्य् अपि ॥ ६९ ॥śrī-parīkṣid uvāca—
tataḥ parama-harṣeṇa kṣobhitātmālapan muniḥ |
jaya śrī-kamalā-kānta he vaikuṇṭha-pate hare || 68 ||
jaya vaikuṇṭha-loketi tatratyā jayateti ca |
jaya kṛṣṇa-priye padme vaikuṇṭhādhīśvarīty api || 69 ||Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hearing the discourse of Śrī Śiva, Devarṣi Nārada became jubilant and excitedly began to shout, “O Śrī Kamalākānta, all glories! O Vaikuṇṭha-pati! O Hari, may you be victorious! Vaikuṇṭha-loka, Vaikuṇṭha-vāsīs! O Kṛṣṇa-priya! Padme! O Empress of Vaikuṇṭha! All glories to all! Victory to all!”
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada began speaking about all this in a loud voice. What did he say? In one and a half verses, he reverberated jayas, shouts of victory. “O Vaikuṇṭha-loka, Vaikuṇṭha-vāsīs! O Empress of Vaikuṇṭha, may all of you be triumphant!”
In such a way, Śrī Nārada, hearing the unique glories of Śrī Mahālakṣmī and the Vaikuṇṭha residents and absorbed in the majestic upsurge of divine bliss, immediately forgot Śrī Bhagavān and the residents of Dvārakā who descended upon the earth. Thus, with a desire to attain Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, namely, with his heart absorbed in Vaikuṇṭha, Śrī Nārada deemed Śrī Vaikuṇṭha and Śrī Lakṣminātha, Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, solely worth seeing.
Thereupon, all the devotees, while acclaiming Śrī Mahālakṣmī with choice prayers, greeted him. Then they glorified Śrī Bhagavān, the beloved husband of Śrī Mahālakṣmī, by calling out, “O Kamalā-kānta!” Afterwards, they glorified Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-loka and all the devotee residents there who get the special mercy of Bhagavān, and in the end, due to their vision of supreme dedication, glorify Śrī Mahālakṣmī. This is the inner meaning.