Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.214, 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 2.4.214 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.214
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.214:
न मानयन्ति तद्-भक्तान् सर्व-भूतावमानिनः ।
पूजा-गर्वेण वेदाज्ञां अतिक्रमन्ति च प्रभोः ॥ २१४ ॥na mānayanti tad-bhaktān sarva-bhūtāvamāninaḥ |
pūjā-garveṇa vedājñāṃ atikramanti ca prabhoḥ || 214 ||na–not; mānayanti–respect; tad-bhaktān–His devotees; sarvabhūta–of all living beings; avamāninaḥ–disrespect; pūjā–of worship; garveṇa–out of pride; veda–of the Vedas; ājñām–the orders; atikrāmanti–they neglect; ca–and; prabhoḥ–of the Lord.
Such persons not only disrespect devotees, but they disrespect all jīvas in general. Proud of their worship, they do not recognize the authority of the Lord’s Vedic injunctions.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “It is such people who disrespect the devotees of Hari and censure all living entities as well. Being maddened in the pride of their worship, they transgress the Lord’s orders in the Vedas and neglect their own occupational duties.”