Verse 1.4.11

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.11:

यः पीत-वासोऽङ्घ्रि-सरोज-दृष्टैर् गच्छन् वनं नैमिषकं कदाचित् ।
नारायणेनाऽवतोषितेन प्रोक्तस् त्वया हन्त सदा जितोऽस्मि ॥ ११ ॥

yaḥ pīta-vāso'ṅghri-saroja-dṛṣṭair gacchan vanaṃ naimiṣakaṃ kadācit |
nārāyaṇenā'vatoṣitena proktas tvayā hanta sadā jito'smi || 11 ||

Once, while going to Naimiṣāraṇya to receive darśana of the lotus feet of pīta-vāsa Śrī Nārāyaṇa, you fought with Śrī Nārāyaṇa along the way, who had disguised Himself deceptively in the dress of a renunciate. Being satisfied with the battle, He remarked to you, “I shall always be conquered by you!”

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The pīta-vāsa or yellow garment tale is celebrated throughout the Purāṇas such as in the Vāmana Purāṇa. Once upon a time Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja was going to take darśana of the supremely attractive and beautiful śrī-vigraha of Śrī Hari wearing the pīta-vāsa that adorned Him in Naimiṣāraṇya. On the way he saw a person wearing the robes of a tapasvī or renunciant while carrying a bow and arrow in his hands. Due to his wearing such a deceptive dress, his duplicity was laid bare by being in the guise of a tapasvī, symbolic of nonviolence, yet holding a bow and arrow for killing.

Seeing this dress, Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja began fighting with him, and while fighting he took a vow: “I shall certainly taste victory over my opponent!” However, in the battle he was unable to conquer him. When the next morning came, he worshipped his iṣṭadeva Deity with devotion while performing arcanā. He then took off for the battle and saw the garland he had offered to his iṣṭadeva Deity that morning was swinging around His foe’s neck. At that moment, he understood that this was none other than his iṣṭadeva Bhagavān Śrī Nārāyana. Thereafter, Śrī Prahlāda, by singing many prayers and recitals, pleased Him. Bhagavān with great affection gave him further assurance by completely removing his fatigue from the battle by the touch of His lotus hand. Finally, when Śrī Prahlāda Mahārāja confided in Him about the breaking of his vow, Bhagavān said with deep prema, “First, I am extremly pleased with your display in battle, and by this divinely blissful event you will certainly always remain victorious over Me.”