Verse 2.3.19

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.19:

ताम् अनुज्ञाप्य केनाप्य् आकृष्यमाण इवासु तत् ।
आतीत्यावरणं प्राप्तः पराण्य् आवरणानि सत् ॥ १९ ॥

tām anujñāpya kenāpy ākṛṣyamāṇa ivāsu tat |
ātītyāvaraṇaṃ prāptaḥ parāṇy āvaraṇāni sat || 19 ||

tām–from her; anujñāpya–taking permission; kenāpi–somehow; ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ–being pulled; iva–as if; āśu–quickly; tat–that; atītya–passing through; āvaraṇam–covering; prāptaḥ–attained; parāṇi–other; āvaraṇāni–coverings; ṣaṭ–six.

However, I requested permission from the earth goddess to depart. At that time, I felt as if I were being pulled away by the attraction of some unknown force, and I quickly crossed the other six layers.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Having no desire to stay there, I humbly begged Dharaṇī-devī to allow me to leave. Taking her permission, I crossed that earth stratum.”

The Mathurā brāhmaṇa might ask, “You were requested by that topmost Vaiṣṇavī to stay, so why did you not spend a few days there?”

Śrī Gopa-kumāra replies, “Being pulled by some force of attraction, I crossed the other layers very quickly.” This indicates that it is not proper to delay elsewhere while engaging in sādhana (practice) to achieve the abode of liberation.