Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.3.3, 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 2.3.3 contained in Chapter 3—Bhajana (loving service)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.3.3
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.3:
आज्ञां भगवतः स्मृत्वा भ्रमन् वृन्दावनान्तरे ।
अन्विश्य कुञ्जेऽत्रापश्यं स्व-गुरुं प्रेम-मूर्छितम् ॥ ३ ॥ājñāṃ bhagavataḥ smṛtvā bhraman vṛndāvanāntare |
anviśya kuñje'trāpaśyaṃ sva-guruṃ prema-mūrchitam || 3 ||ājñām–the order; bhagavataḥ–of the Lord; smṛtvā–remembering; bhraman–wandering; vṛndāvana-antare–throughout Vṛndāvana; anviṣya–entering; kuñje–within a grove; atra–here; apaśyam–I saw; sva-gurum–my guru; prema–in the ecstasy of love; mūrchitam–fallen unconscious.
Remembering Śrī Bhagavān’s order, I wandered here and there, throughout this Vṛndāvana. Then, in a grove, I saw my gurudeva. He was in an unconscious state, overwhelmed with prema.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Śrī Bhagavān had instructed me, ‘In that land of Vraja, you will again see My very dear devotee, your gurudeva.’ Remembering that instruction, I again received darśana of Śrī Gurudeva here in a grove (kuñja).”