Verse 2.3.65

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.65:

स्वाभिन्न-भगवद्-भक्ति-लाम्पट्यं ग्राहयन्न् इव ।
सदा रमयति स्वीयान् नृत्य-गीतादि-कौतुकैः ॥ ६५ ॥

svābhinna-bhagavad-bhakti-lāmpaṭyaṃ grāhayann iva |
sadā ramayati svīyān nṛtya-gītādi-kautukaiḥ || 65 ||

sva-abhinna–nondifferent; bhagavat-bhakti–devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; lāmpaṭyam–eagerness to relish; grāhayan–motivating; iva–as if; sadā–always; ramayati–delights; svīyān–own; nṛtya-gīta–with dancing, singing; ādi–and so forth; kautukaiḥ–with festivals.

Śrī Śiva is always personally engaged in an ongoing festival of dancing, singing, and chanting the Lord’s names. With his instructions he makes his devotees happy, kindling their greed for devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from himself.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Śrī Śiva is always enjoying a festival of dancing and singing with his devotees, and thus he makes them happy.” The word ādi indicates that Śrī Śiva always engages in saṅkīrtana (chanting) of Bhagavān’s names and sheds tears out of reverence and love for the Lord. “Why does he chant the names of Śrī Bhagavān? Śrī Śiva practices bhakti himself and instructs all people to accept this path, thus making them happy. However, this is to stimulate his own greed to relish devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from him.” The word iva has the following meaning: “Like Śrī Nārada, Śrī Śiva is a devotee incarnation, or bhakta-avatāra, an empowered incarnation of the Lord who is always absorbed in devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”