Verse 1.6.27

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.27:

गायं गायं यद् अभिलषता यत् ततोऽनुष्ठितं यत् तत् सर्वेषां सुविदितम् इतः शक्यतेऽन्यन् न वक्तुम् ।
नत्वा नत्वा मुनि-वर मया प्रार्थ्यसे काकुभिस् त्वम् तत्-तद्-वृत्त-श्रवण-रसतः संश्रयेथा विरामम् ॥ २७ ॥

gāyaṃ gāyaṃ yad abhilaṣatā yat tato'nuṣṭhitaṃ yat tat sarveṣāṃ suviditam itaḥ śakyate'nyan na vaktum |
natvā natvā muni-vara mayā prārthyase kākubhis tvam tat-tad-vṛtta-śravaṇa-rasataḥ saṃśrayethā virāmam || 27 ||

As soon as I went to Vraja, I sunk in an ocean of bliss. Everyone knows how I glorified such excellences, the high aspiration I made, and the superior conduct I followed at that time. O best of the sages, again I offer my praṇāmas and humbly pray that you give up your insistence on hearing this narration.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Simply by going to Vraja, an ocean of bliss submerged me and offering praṇāmas to these vraja gopīs, I sang, etāḥ paraṃ tanu-bhṛto bhuvi gopa-vadhvo: “On Earth these gopīs alone have actually perfected their personal lives.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa10.47.58) While singing in this way, āsām aho caraṇa-reṇu-juṣām ahaṃ syāṃ… “Oh, let me accept birth in the form of the bushes, creepers or herbs who serve the footdust of the gopīs.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.47.61) And vande nandavraja-śtrīṇaṃ pāda-reṇum abhīkṣṇaśaḥ: “Again and again I pray for just one dust particle from the lotus feet of these vraja gopīs.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.47.63)

“Everyone is well aware of my admiration of their speciality, the aspiration I made for receiving a particle of footdust of the gopīs and the prayers I offered to the lotus feet of the gopīs. The gopīs such as Śrī Rādhikā, in contrast, are the greater recipients of the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This is not only a confidential, esoteric spiritual truth, but it is also the most celebrated everywhere. The glories of the vraja gopīs are renowned simply by pointing towards them or a hint, because I am unable to tell anything further in this regard. Therefore, you should give up your zeal to hear this narrative. Especially by hearing the glories of the vraja gopīs, such queens as Śrī Satyabhāmā felt deep anguish. Therefore, due to the fear of awakening the feelings of the co-wives, or mutual competition among them, it is my duty not to speak anymore, or else there is the looming danger to awaken the agony of premamayī in Śrī Bhagavān after hearing their glories. Therefore, I cannot say anything more regarding this. By hearing the recital of Bhagavān’s topmost recipient, our search would be determined and our special tendency for only that ultimate goal (prayojana). You should therefore recite all these pastimes.”

In reply to this, Śrī Uddava says, “O best of sages, I repeatedly offer praṇāmas to your lotus feet and humbly beg that you abandon your insistence on hearing this narrative. Put a end to your greediness for hearing these pastimes of the vraja gopīs, otherwise there is the possibility of some unwelcome occurrence.”