Verse 2.1.44

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.44:

देव्य्-आज्ञादारतो मन्त्रम् अपि नित्यं रहो जपन् ।
तत्-प्रभावान् न लेभेऽन्तः-सन्तोषं तेषु कर्मसु ॥ ४४ ॥

devy-ājñādārato mantram api nityaṃ raho japan |
tat-prabhāvān na lebhe'ntaḥ-santoṣaṃ teṣu karmasu || 44 ||

devī–of the goddess; ājñā–for the order; ādarataḥ–honoring; mantram–the gopāla-mantra; api–also; nityam–daily; rahaḥ–in solitude; japan–chanting; tat-prabhāvāt–by the power of that (mantra); na–not; lebhe–obtained; antaḥ–of heart; santoṣam–happiness; teṣu–their; karmasu–in the ritualistic activities.

Honoring the goddess’s order, the brāhmaṇa continued to chant his gopāla-mantra daily, in a solitary place. Although he continued to engage in those ritualistic activities, nevertheless, due to the power of the mantra, his heart was not satisfied.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Parīkṣit says, “By the potency of devotional service to Bhagavān (bhagavat-upāsanā), the brāhmaṇa did not develop any attachment to those rituals, or karmas, and therefore he found no satisfaction in them. This was solely due to the power of chanting the mantra.”