Verse 1.4.107

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.107:

किं वा मद्-विषयक-स्नेह-प्रेरितः प्राणतो मम ।
रूपं प्रियतमं यत् तत् सन्दर्शयितुम् ईश्वरः ॥ १०७ ॥

kiṃ vā mad-viṣayaka-sneha-preritaḥ prāṇato mama |
rūpaṃ priyatamaṃ yat tat sandarśayitum īśvaraḥ || 107 ||

Or, inspired by affection for me, Śrī Bhagavān calls me for darśana of my dearmost Śrī Rāmacandra.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Experiencing all that happiness of service simply by staying here, then what is the need to go to another place? Having such apprehension, Śrī Hanumān himself is establishing the truth to the contrary. Mahā-prabhu (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), if inspired by my affection then would manifest His sweet, supreme pastimes and indescribable form of Śrī Raghunātha, who is more dear than my life, and when He calls me to show that form, then to grant some happiness of service to the Lord, I would appear at His lotus feet.

Here, the sweet cleverness of speech and the special sweetness of pastimes and character are not directly experienced. Here, in Dvārakā, how is the sweetness of pastimes experienced? In reply, he says Śrī Devakī-nandana being the Lord, can do anything or He is directly Bhagavān, the source of all avatāras. Therefore, He is capable of showing the form of Śrī Rāmacandra. In this connection, there is a famous narration. One time, in Dvārakā-purī, Śrī Garuḍa came to perform the pastime of ‘Breaking the Pride of Śrī Garuḍa,’ and in that pastime to establish the one-pointed devotional service to His lotus feet in the heart of Śrī Hanumān. Śrī Bhagavān ordered Śrī Garuḍa, “Garuḍa, go to Kimpuruṣa-varṣa and convey my order to Hanumān, and bring him near me.” Thereafter, Śrī Garuḍa went to the Kimpuruṣavarṣa and told Śrī Hanumān, “O Hanumān, Bhagavān Śrī Yādavendra is calling you, quickly go here.”

Śrī Hanumān has one-pointed devotion to the lotus feet of Śrī Raghuāthajī and always remains absorbed in devotion to Him; therefore, due to the fear of breaking the vow of adherence to only one lord and master, he disregarded the words of Śrī Garuḍa. By this, Śrī Garuḍa became angry and began to catch hold of him forcibly to take him to Bhagavān, then Śrī Hanumān with the front portion of his tail, very easily threw him away.

In this way, Śrī Garuḍa went and fell faraway in distant Śrī Dvārakāpurī. Seeing him agitated, Śrī Bhagavān smiled, “O Garuḍa, You should go again near Śrī Hanumān and tell him that Raghunāthajī has called you.” Thereafter, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself became Śrī Rāmacandra, Śrī Balarāmajī became Lakṣmana, and Satyabhāmā was told to become Sītā. However, she was unable to accept the form of Sītā; therefore, Bhagavān joked with her and told Rukmiṇī-devī to take the form of Śrī Sītājī. When Rukmiṇī-devī took the form of Sītājī, Bhagavān made her sit on His left, and occupied the throne in Dvārakā. On the side, Śrī Garuḍa went to Śrī Hanumān, and told him about the words of Bhagavān. As soon as Śrī Hanumān heard about the order of Raghunāthajī, he became helpless out of the utmost bliss. At that very moment, he leapt up and arrived in Dvārakā-purī, and upon seeing such a form of Śrī Bhagavān, that is, in the form of Śrī Rāma, pleased Him by his service. Thereafter, Bhagavān with great affection granted him the desired boon.