Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.2.135, 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 2.2.135 contained in Chapter 2—Jnana (knowledge)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.135:

प्रमोद-वेगात् पतितं विसंज्ञं विलोक्य सा माम् अभिगम्य लक्ष्मीः ।
निनाय संज्ञां बहु लालयित्वा स्व-बालवत् पार्श्वम् उत स्व-भर्तुः ॥ १३५ ॥

pramoda-vegāt patitaṃ visaṃjñaṃ vilokya sā mām abhigamya lakṣmīḥ |
nināya saṃjñāṃ bahu lālayitvā sva-bālavat pārśvam uta sva-bhartuḥ || 135 ||

pramoda-vegāt–by the flood of happiness; patitam–fallen; visaṃjñam–unconscious; vilokya–seeing; –she; mām–me; abhigamya–coming near; lakṣmīḥ–the goddess of fortune; nināya–brought; saṃjñām–to consciousness; bahu lālayitvā–showing much affection; sva-bālavat–as I were her own little boy; pārśvam–to the side; uta–also; sva-bhartuḥ–of her husband.

Seeing all this, I was overcome with joy and fell unconscious due to the intensity of my rapture. Noticing this, Śrī Lakṣmī came to me. Coddling and caressing me, she tenderly brought me back to consciousness. Loving me as if I were her own child, she then took me to her husband Śrī Bhagavān.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Now, describing himself, Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Beholding these indescribable activities, I experienced such great joy that I fell to the ground in a faint. When the beloved consort of Bhagavān, Śrī Lakṣmī-devī, noticed my condition she immediately came and began to caress me like her own child. She revived me by sprinkling me with water and touching me with her cooling hands. Then she took me to her husband Śrī Jagadīśvara.”

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