Verse 2.1.8-9

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.8-9:

तादृग्-भक्ति-विशेषस्य गोपी-कान्त-पदाब्जयोः ।
श्रोतुं फल-विशेषं तद्-भोग-स्थानं च सत्तमम् ॥ १.८ ॥
वैकुण्ठाद् अपि मन्वाना विमृशन्ती हृदि स्वयम् ।
तच् चानाकलयन्ती सा पप्रच्छ श्री-परीक्षितम् ॥ १.९ ॥

tādṛg-bhakti-viśeṣasya gopī-kānta-padābjayoḥ |
śrotuṃ phala-viśeṣaṃ tad-bhoga-sthānaṃ ca sattamam || 1.8 ||
vaikuṇṭhād api manvānā vimṛśantī hṛdi svayam |
tac cānākalayantī sā papraccha śrī-parīkṣitam || 1.9 ||

tādṛk–this kind; bhakti-viśeṣasya–of unique devotion; gopī-kānta–for the beloved of the gopīs; pada-abjayoḥ–to the lotus feet; śrotum–to hear; phala-viśeṣam–special fruit; tat–of that; bhogasthānam–abode of enjoyment; ca–and; sattamam –transcendental; vaikuṇṭhāt–to Vaikuṇṭha; api–even; manvānā–thinking; vimṛśantī –analyzing; hṛdi–in her heart; svayam–herself; tat–that; ca–and; anākalayantī–unable to ascertain; sā–she; papraccha–inquired; śrī-parīkṣitam–from her son Śrī Parīkṣit.

Śrī Uttarā-devī had heard that the gopīs’ uncommon and indescribable devotion for the lotus feet of Śrī Gopīkānta, the Lord who is their beloved, yields a distinctly special fruit: an abode of enjoyment even superior to Vaikuṇṭha. Although she tried to analyze this by her intelligence, she could not ascertain why this abode is the best of all. She thus inquired from her son, Śrī Parīkṣit.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Jaiminī says, “Your grandmother, Śrī Uttarā-devī, was eager to hear about the specific result of performing extraordinary, ineffable bhakti (devotional service) to the lotus feet of Śrī Gopīkānta. Considering the place where that particular fruit is enjoyed (bhoga-sthāna) to certainly be far superior to Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, she was eager to hear the glories of that pleasure ground. ‘What kind of place is it?’ Thinking this, your grandmother was unable to determine the nature of that abode, despite thorough investigation and reflection.

She therefore inquired from her son, Śrī Parīkṣit, as follows.”