Verse 2.1.106

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.106:

सञ्जात-प्रेमकाच् चास्माच् चतुर्-वर्ग-विदम्बकात् ।
तत्-पादाब्ज-वशी-काराद् अन्यत् साध्यं न किञ्चन ॥ १०६ ॥

sañjāta-premakāc cāsmāc catur-varga-vidambakāt |
tat-pādābja-vaśī-kārād anyat sādhyaṃ na kiñcana || 106 ||

sañjāta–is awoken; premakāt–by which pure love of God; ca–and; asmāt–than this; catuḥ-varga–the four goals of life; viḍambakāt–to appear worthless; tat-pāda-abja–(service) to His lotus feet; vaśīkārāt–which brings under control; anyat–other; sādhyam–spiritual objective; na–not; kiñcana–any.

“This form of worship, which causes the four Vedic goals–religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation–to appear worthless, is capable of awakening love of God in the heart. Indeed, Śrī Madana-gopāla can be brought under control only by such worship, and therefore it is the best art of subjugation. Thus, there is no goal superior to this worship.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra thinks, “By the execution of this worship, pure love for the Lord that is perfect and complete arises in the heart. No other attainment is superior to this devotion at the lotus feet of Śrī Madana-gopāla. The reason is that this worship trifles and mocks the four Vedic goals–religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kāma), and liberation (mokṣa). It alone can enchant Śrī Madana-gopāla, and so it is the special ingredient for controlling His lotus feet.”