Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary)
by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja | 2005 | 440,179 words | ISBN-13: 9781935428329
The Brihad-bhagavatamrita Verse 2.4.182, 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 2.4.182 contained in Chapter 4—Vaikuntha (the spiritual world)—of Part two (prathama-khanda).
Verse 2.4.182
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.182:
यस्यास् त्व् अति-क्रमेणैव मुक्तिर् भक्तिश् च सिध्यति ।
उत्पादितं यया विश्वम् ऐन्द्र-जालिक-वन् मृषा ॥ १८२ ॥yasyās tv ati-krameṇaiva muktir bhaktiś ca sidhyati |
utpāditaṃ yayā viśvam aindra-jālika-van mṛṣā || 182 ||yasyāḥ–of whom; tu–indeed; ati-krameṇa–by crossing over; eva–certainly; muktiḥ–liberation; bhaktiḥ–devotional service; ca–and; sidhyati–is attained; utpāditam–established; yayā–by whom; viśvam–the material universe; aindra-jālika-vat–like a magical show; mṛṣā–through illusion.
When one crosses over this Māyā, one attains liberation and devotional service. Just like the magic created by a magician, this unreal material universe is the creation of Māyā.
Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda
(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)
Śrī Nārada says, “This Māyā is like a magician. A magician may manifest various types of objects in front of his audience, but they are all unreal; they are only illusions. In the same way, since it is Māyā’s duty to bewilder everyone, just as a magician produces his illusions, she creates this unreal universal creation.”