Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.124, 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 2.2.124 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.2.124
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.124:
तत्-तत्त्व-वृत्तं सम्पृष्टा मयावोचन् विहस्य ते ।
अत्रागत्याधुनापीमं गोप-बालक वेत्सि न ॥ १२४ ॥tat-tattva-vṛttaṃ sampṛṣṭā mayāvocan vihasya te |
atrāgatyādhunāpīmaṃ gopa-bālaka vetsi na || 124 ||tat–his; tattva-vṛttam–the identity; sampṛṣṭāḥ–questioned; mayā–by me; avocan–they said; vihasya–laughing; te–they; atra–here; āgatya–having come; adhunā–now; api–still; imam–him; gopa-bālaka–O cowherd boy; vetsi–you know; na–not.
Thereafter, I asked Sanaka and his brothers who that four-headed personality was. Heartily laughing, they answered, “O cowherd boy! You have been living here for so long, and you still don’t know the identity of this very famous Brahmājī?
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Thereafter, I asked Sanaka and his brothers to explain the truth, or tattva, about Śrī Brahmā.” Their reply is given in four-and-a-half verses, beginning here with atra. “Laughing, they said, ‘O Gopa-bālaka! Really, you are just a cowherd boy. After all this time in Tapoloka, you still do not know the reality of who the four-headed Brahmā is!’ They found this humorous.”