Verse 2.4.229

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.229:

स-प्रेम-भक्तेः परिपाकतः स्यात् काचिन् महा-भाव-विशेष-सम्पत् ।
स वै नरीणर्ति महा-प्रहर्ष-सम्राज्य-मूर्धोपरि तत्त्व-दृष्ट्या ॥ २२९ ॥

sa-prema-bhakteḥ paripākataḥ syāt kācin mahā-bhāva-viśeṣa-sampat |
sa vai narīṇarti mahā-praharṣa-samrājya-mūrdhopari tattva-dṛṣṭyā || 229 ||

sa-prema-bhakteḥ–of loving devotion; paripākataḥ–in the full maturity; syāt–it may be; kācit–a certain; mahā-bhāva–of great ecstasy; viśeṣa-sampat–special opulence; sā–that; vai–indeed; narīnarti–dances with intense momentum; mahā-praharṣa–of immense happiness; sāmrājya–of the empire; mūrdha–the head; upari–upon; tattva–of philosophical truth; dṛṣṭyā–from the perspective.

In the fully matured stage of prema-bhakti, the indescribable, special treasure of bliss, mahā-bhāva, arises and from the perspective of tattva, is seen to dance ecstatically on the very head of the empire of all happiness.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “If Bhagavān is affectionate to His devotees (bhakta-vatsala), why does He not grant that wealth to all the devotees?”

Nārada speaks two verses, beginning here with sa-prema, to satisfy this doubt. He says, “The mature state of prema-bhakti transforms into an indescribable, special ecstasy called mahā-bhāva, which manifests a distraught condition due to the fire of separation (viraha-agni). This is the special opulence of mahā-bhāva. From the point of view of the principles of truth, that opulence, which is most joyful by nature, dances on and on in happiness upon the head of the topmost opulences of the empire of great bliss.”