Verse 2.1.89

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.89:

तद्-दिग्-भागं गतः प्रेम्णा नाम-सङ्कीर्तनैर् युतम् ।
तद् आकर्ण्य मुहुस् तत्र तं मनुष्यम् अमार्गयत् ॥ ८९ ॥

tad-dig-bhāgaṃ gataḥ premṇā nāma-saṅkīrtanair yutam |
tad ākarṇya muhus tatra taṃ manuṣyam amārgayat || 89 ||

tat-dik-bhāgam–in that direction; gataḥ–went; premṇā–with love; nāma-saṅkīrtanaiḥ yutam–with loud chanting of names of God; tat–that (weeping); ākarṇya–hearing; muhuḥ–repeatedly; tatra–there; tam–that; manuṣyam–for the person; amārgayat–he sought.

He followed the direction of the sound of crying. Sensing that someone was crying in pure love of God while chanting the holy name of the Lord, he began to search here and there for that person.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Parīkṣit says, “First, he had heard the sound of crying from a distance. Then coming nearer, he oriented himself to the sound of that crying and advanced in that direction. Coming close, he discerned that someone was weeping while chanting the Lord’s names (saṅkīrtana), his heart melting with intense affection. While weeping, that person was articulately singing the Lord’s names in deep and piteous tones. Then the brāhmaṇa began to earnestly search for that person.”