Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 1.7.58, 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 1.7.58 contained in Chapter 7—Purna (pinnacle of excellent devotees)—of Part one (prathama-khanda).
Verse 1.7.58
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.58:
प्रतिष्ठितस् त्वयैवासौ चक्रवर्ती युधिष्ठिरः ।
अनुशाल्वादि-दुष्टानां बिभेति वर-विक्रमात् ॥ ५८ ॥pratiṣṭhitas tvayaivāsau cakravartī yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
anuśālvādi-duṣṭānāṃ bibheti vara-vikramāt || 58 ||You established Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira in the post of a cakravartī rājā, emperor of the entire world. However, right now he is dismayed to see the power and strength of wicked personalities like Anuśālva and so on.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
It is Your prescribed duty to destroy the wicked and protect the gentle populace; this is being explained with the verse beginning with pratiṣṭhita.
Although You established Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira in the post as sovereign emperor of the world (cakravartī rājā), still he is unable to conduct the yajña without You. The reason is that he is greatly terrified after seeing the enormous strength of Anuśālva, the younger brother of the king of Śālva.