Verse 1.5.10

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.5.10:

यस्य प्रसादं धरणी-विलापतः क्षीरोद-तीरे व्रत-निष्ठया स्थिताः ।
ब्रह्मादयः कञ्चन नालभन्त स्तुत्वाप्य् उपस्थान-पराः समाहिताः ॥ १० ॥

yasya prasādaṃ dharaṇī-vilāpataḥ kṣīroda-tīre vrata-niṣṭhayā sthitāḥ |
brahmādayaḥ kañcana nālabhanta stutvāpy upasthāna-parāḥ samāhitāḥ || 10 ||

Being disturbed by the lamentation of Dharaṇī, the goddess of Earth, demigods such as Brahmā appeared on the shore of the Milk Ocean and performed austerities with complete dedication. They worshipped and glorified one-pointedly, still they could not get the darśana or achieve any type of mercy from Him.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

In the last verse it was said that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is difficult to attain for demigods such as Brahmā and Rudra even in their topmost trance. Now Śrī Nārada explains this with historical examples.

After hearing the lamentation of Dharaṇī-devī, the goddess of Earth, demigods such as Brahmā became troubled and with firm dedication pursued their vows. In other words, simply following the vow of breathing the air, they resided on the shore of the Milk Ocean and engaged themselves in the worship of Viṣṇu by offering reverential obeisances and controlling their external and internal senses (retracting them from sense objects). With one-pointed hearts they glorified Viṣṇu with mantras such as the Puruṣa-sūkta, still they could not obtain the darśana or get any type of mercy in the form of an assurance, what to speak of obtaining the Lord. This famous story is described in the Tenth Canto.