Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)

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

The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.147, 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 2.4.147 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.147:

ते च सर्वेऽत्र वैकुण्ठे श्री-नारायणम् ईश्वरम् ।
तत्-तद्-वर्णादि-युक्तात्म-देव-रूपं विचक्षते ॥ १४७ ॥

te ca sarve'tra vaikuṇṭhe śrī-nārāyaṇam īśvaram |
tat-tad-varṇādi-yuktātma-deva-rūpaṃ vicakṣate || 147 ||

te–they; ca–and; sarve–everyone; atra–here; vaikuṇṭhe–in the land devoid of anxiety; śrī-nārāyaṇam–Śrī Nārāyaṇa; īśvaram–the Supreme Lord; tat-tat-varṇa-ādi–the respective bodily complexions and so forth; yukta–endowed; ātma–whose nature; deva–of the Lord; rūpam–the form; vicakṣate–sees.

In Vaikuṇṭha, every devotee sees Śrī Nārāyaṇa only in the particular form of the Lord that he worships, along with that form’s complexion and other attributes.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “Surcharged with topmost prema, the devotees would have previously worshiped particular forms of Śrī Bhagavān. Now, having attained Vaikuṇṭha and having achieved sārūpya (a form similar to the Lord, in this case similar to those forms they had worshiped), they will receive darśana of those same manifestations of Bhagavān that they worshiped, who are endowed with particular shapes and colors, since the Lord in those forms is their beloved. But then, why do they all feel the pleasure of love by seeing the four-armed form of Śrī Vaikuṇṭheśvara?”

In reply, Śrī Nārada speaks two verses, beginning here with te ca. He says, “Here in Vaikuṇṭha, they all see Śrī Nārāyaṇa possessing the same form, color, associates, devotees, and so on as their respective beloved worshipable Deities. Their own worshipable Lords appear to them within the body of Śrī Vaikuṇṭheśvara.” It might be asked, “How is such an amazing thing possible?” In reply, Śrī Nārada says, “The Lord of Vaikuṇṭha is the Supreme Lord. He is all-powerful and can do absolutely anything.”

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