Verse 2.4.247

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.247:

वैकुण्ठस्यैव देशस् ते कोषला-द्वारकादयः ।
तत् तत्र गमनायाज्ञा तद्-भर्तुर् न ह्य् अपेक्ष्यताम् ॥ २४७ ॥

vaikuṇṭhasyaiva deśas te koṣalā-dvārakādayaḥ |
tat tatra gamanāyājñā tad-bhartur na hy apekṣyatām || 247 ||

vaikuṇṭhasya–of Vaikuṇṭha; eva–indeed; deśāḥ–the lands; te–they; kośalā–Ayodhyā; dvārakā–Dvārakā; ādayaḥ–and so forth; tat–therefore; tatra–there (Ayodhyā and Dvārakā); gamanāya–to go; ājñā–the order; tad–of that (Vaikuṇṭha); bhartuḥ–of the Lord; na–not; hi–certainly; apekṣyatām–required.

Ayodhyā, Dvārakā, and other such abodes are special provinces of Vaikuṇṭha itself. Therefore, there is no need of taking Śrī Vaikuṇṭhanātha’s consent to go there.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might inquire, “Do I need to ask Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha for permission to go to Ayodhyā?” Anticipating this, Śrī Nārada speaks three verses, beginning here with vaikuṇṭhasya. He says, “The abodes mentioned by me–Ayodhyā, Dvārakā, etc.–are special districts within Vaikuṇṭha itself.” The word ādi refers to abodes such as Śrī Puruṣottama-kṣetra also. He says, “So, there is no need to take permission of Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha to go there. After all, you are not abandoning His Vaikuṇṭha-loka.”