Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.3.86, 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 1.3.86 contained in Chapter 3—Prapancatita (beyond the Material Plane)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.3.86
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.3.86:
अहो न सहतेऽस्माकं प्रणामं सज्जनाग्रणीः ।
स्तुतिं च मा प्रमादी स्यास् तत्र चेत् सुखम् इच्छसि ॥ ८६ ॥aho na sahate'smākaṃ praṇāmaṃ sajjanāgraṇīḥ |
stutiṃ ca mā pramādī syās tatra cet sukham icchasi || 86 ||Alas, that foremost of saintly devotees, Prahlāda, neither tolerates the slightest praise nor our obeisances. Therefore, if you wish to get any approval there, do not disrespect him by offering obeisances or praising him.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Since it has been told, “Is it not indeed prudent to offer praṇāma like this to such a mahā-bhāgavata?” Therefore he recites this verse beginning with aho. Alas (regretfully), Prahlāda cannot tolerate praise given by us. Therefore, “upon arriving at that place, do not offer praṇāma thoughtlessly,” that is, by offering obeisances and prayers negligently that mahā-bhāgavata cannot be pleased. So, if you want to please him, do not offer him obeisances. By such behavior, that magnanimous soul’s heart will become displeased and upon getting his darśana you will never get any peace or happiness from him.
Thus ends Chapter Three entitled: “Prapañcātīta—Beyond the Material Plane” with the “Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā” (bhāvānuvāda) of Śrī Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛtam