Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.148, 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 2.4.148 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.148
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.148:
पूर्ववद् भजनानन्दं प्राप्नुवन्ति नवं नवम् ।
सर्वदाप्य् अपरिच्छिन्नं वैकुण्ठेऽत्र विशेषतः ॥ १४८ ॥pūrvavad bhajanānandaṃ prāpnuvanti navaṃ navam |
sarvadāpy aparicchinnaṃ vaikuṇṭhe'tra viśeṣataḥ || 148 ||pūrva-vat–as before; bhajana–of devotional service; ānandam–bliss; prāpnuvanti–they obtain; navam navam–ever new; sarvadā–forever; api–also; aparicchinnam–unlimited; vaikuṇṭhe–in Vaikuṇṭha; atra–here; viśeṣataḥ–unique.
In Vaikuṇṭha, those devotees obtain the same unlimited bliss of loving service to Śrī Bhagavān as they did before, in newer and newer, unique ways, at every moment.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “Even previously, as sādhakas, all the devotees were always relishing the unlimited and ever-fresh bliss of devotional service. For some special reason, though, now in Vaikuṇṭha, the bliss they obtain from their bhakti is even greater.”