Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.1.185, 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 2.1.185 contained in Chapter 1—Vairagya (renunciation)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.1.185
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.185:
एवम् उद्भूत-हृद्-रोगोऽद्रक्षं स्व-गुरुम् एकदा ।
श्री-जगन्नाथ-देवाग्रे परम-प्रेम-विह्वलम् ॥ १८५ ॥evam udbhūta-hṛd-rogo'drakṣaṃ sva-gurum ekadā |
śrī-jagannātha-devāgre parama-prema-vihvalam || 185 ||evam–thus; udbhūta–manifested; hṛt-rogaḥ–despondency; adrākṣam–I saw; sva-gurum–my gurudeva; ekadā–one day; śrī-jagannāthadeva–Śrī Jagannātha-deva; agre–in front of; parama-prema-vihvalam–overwhelmed by the highest love.
Due to such concerns, I started to become despondent. However one day, quite unexpectedly, I saw my gurudeva in front of Śrī Jagannāthadeva, overwhelmed in the highest ecstatic state of love of God.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In this way, I began to feel despondent at heart. Then, unexpectedly, one day I saw my illustrious gurudeva, who had instructed me on my mantra in Śrī Vṛndāvana. I saw him in front of Śrī Jagannātha-deva submerged in the topmost ecstasy of prema.”