Verse 1.7.130

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.7.130:

न सम्भवेद् अस्मरणं कदापि स्व-जीवनानां यद् अपि प्रियाणाम् ।
तथापि केनापि विशेषणेन स्मृतिः प्रहर्षाय यथा सुजीवितम् ॥ १३० ॥

na sambhaved asmaraṇaṃ kadāpi sva-jīvanānāṃ yad api priyāṇām |
tathāpi kenāpi viśeṣaṇena smṛtiḥ praharṣāya yathā sujīvitam || 130 ||

Although it is impossible to forget one’s beloved who is as dear as one’s own life, still somehow or other if any distinct remembrance of them comes, then it is as joyful as the gift of life itself.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The doubt arises that since forgetfulness of the beloved is impossible for even a moment, then what benefit can be gained by remembering those who are worthy of constant remembrance? It is true that there is no benefit by simply remembering, but by remembering that divinely enchanting form there is. He is explaining this in the verse beginning with na sambhavet.

It is never possible to forget a dear person who is like one’s own life, that is, just as it is impossible to forget one’s own vital airs (prāṇa); similarly, it is not possible to forget one’s beloved. Although there is never a lack of remembrance of beloved persons, remembrance always remains present, and their special remembrance alone gives the greatest happiness like a wonderful renewal of life. In this context, the example is as follows: sañjīvita, that is, the life that is full of regular, variegated festivities is factually a cause for happiness. A life carried on without the joy of great festivals gives no fulfillment of bliss; rather, life becomes a cause for lamentation due to the miseries of poverty. Remembrance that occurs in the superb, matured stage of prema grants the bliss of a wonderful life.