Verse 2.2.219

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.219:

पारब्राह्म्यं मधुर-मधुरं पारमेश्यं च तद् वै भक्तेष्व् एष प्रवर-करुणा-प्रान्त-सीमा-प्रकाशः ।
तेषां चैषा निविड-मधुरानन्द-पूरानुभूतेर् अन्त्यावस्था-प्रकृतिर् उदिता धिक्-कृत-ब्रह्म-सौख्या ॥ २१९ ॥

pārabrāhmyaṃ madhura-madhuraṃ pārameśyaṃ ca tad vai bhakteṣv eṣa pravara-karuṇā-prānta-sīmā-prakāśaḥ |
teṣāṃ caiṣā niviḍa-madhurānanda-pūrānubhūter antyāvasthā-prakṛtir uditā dhik-kṛta-brahma-saukhyā || 219 ||

pāra-brāhmyam–the Supreme Divinity; madhura-madhuram–sweeter than the sweetest; pārama-īśyam–supremely fit to be accepted as Lord; ca–also; tat–that; vai–indeed; bhakteṣu–amongst the devotees; eṣaḥ–He; pravara–excellent; karuṇā–of mercy; prāntasīmā–the last limit; prakāśaḥ–manifesting; teṣām–for them; ca–also; eṣaḥ–He; niviḍa–intense; madhura–of sweetness; ānanda–of bliss; pūra–as a flood; anubhūteḥ–which is perceived; antya-avasthā–of the ultimate situation; prakṛtiḥ–nature; uditā–arisen; dhik-kṛta–reproaches; brāhma-saukhyā–the happiness of the spiritual effulgence.

That Parabrahman possesses supreme opulence that is sweeter than the sweetest. His manifesting the ultimate limit of extreme compassion towards His devotees is also exceedingly sweet. The concentrated ecstasy that His devotees experience–realization of the highest degree–is also so extremely sweet that it even reproaches the happiness of Brahman realization.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

To explain the difference between brahmatattva, the truth about impersonal Brahman, and bhagavat-tattva, the truth about the Supreme Personality of Godhead; between liberation and devotion; and between a liberated person and a devotee of the Lord, the bhakti-śāstras speak this verse beginning with pāra.

They say, “The word vai indicates certainty. It is the very nature of the Parabrahman that He manifests hundreds of ever-fresh varieties of charming beauty and sweetness at every moment. Similarly, the nature of the Lord as Parameśvara, the Supreme Controller, is also to be sweeter than the sweetest. His form (rūpa), pastimes of transcendental enjoyment (vilāsa), and opulence (vaibhava), which are confidential for all, are the essence of sweetness. The ultimate limit of the most excellent compassion, which He manifests towards His devotees, is similarly sweet. And the concentrated sweet ecstasy that all His devotees experience to the highest degree is also supremely sweet.”

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “What is the nature of that experience of ecstasy?”

The personified bhakti-śāstras reply, “It even repudiates the bliss of Brahman realization.”