Verse 1.2.19

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.19:

किं च मां प्रत्य् उपेन्द्रस्य विद्ध्य् उपेक्षां विशेषतः ।
सुधर्मां पारिजातं च स्वर्गान् मर्त्यं निनाय सः ॥ १९ ॥

kiṃ ca māṃ praty upendrasya viddhy upekṣāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
sudharmāṃ pārijātaṃ ca svargān martyaṃ nināya saḥ || 19 ||

Furthermore, Bhagavān Śrī Upendra particularly displayed His slight of me when He removed the Sudharmā assembly hall and Pārijāta tree from Svarga, and transferred them onto the mortal, earthly planet.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

“O Sage, their chief ruler Śrī Indra is surely the fit recipient of Bhagavān’s mercy…” In order to refute this statement, he adds the verse beginning with kiṃ ca.

“The presence of various fears and faults among the celestial residents reveals a deficiency. Thus Bhagavān Śrī Upendra’s disregard of me is specifically suggested here, not His favor. Now, you have to understand these instructions given to me by Bhagavān. He took the matchless, celestial Sudharmā assembly hall and Pārijāta tree from here to the mortal, earthly planet. How appropriate was it to take these two objects to the plane of mortality from svarga, where all things are of a superior quality? In other words, all these things were improper.”

In this way, repeating the neglect of Śrī Vāmanadeva, Śrī Indra refuted the words of Śrī Nārada regarding the mercy of Bhagavān spoken of here. “In this way and countless other ways, Śrīmān Upendra disregarded me. Although in other matters some symptoms of His mercy are evident, still they are extremely trivial. Like this, in the future also, the absence of Bhagavān’s mercy becomes evident, just as before His gradual neglect was apparent.”

The question arises here whether anyone can ever be satisfied in bhakti, or whether this is the very nature of bhakti? Thus the monitor Indra also expresses his own lament that arises from this dissatisfaction. Indra is obviously receiving some signs of mercy. Either Devarāja Indra is not content by the amount of mercy, considering it trivial, or else, due to affectionate anger (prema-vaśataḥ krodha) he reveals this accusation. However, to avoid undue enlargement of the book, no more is delved into this topic.