Verse 2.1.147

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.147:

सम्प्राप्तो जन्म-साफल्यं न गमिष्याम्य् अतः क्वचित् ।
वैष्णवानां च कृपया तत्रैव न्यवसं सुखम् ॥ १४७ ॥

samprāpto janma-sāphalyaṃ na gamiṣyāmy ataḥ kvacit |
vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca kṛpayā tatraiva nyavasaṃ sukham || 147 ||

samprāptaḥ–attained; janma–of my life; sāphalyam–state of fulfillment; na gamiṣyāmi–I will not go; ataḥ–away from here; kvacit–ever; vaiṣṇavānām–of the devotees; ca–also; kṛpayā–by the mercy; tatra–there; eva–only; nyavasam–I resided; sukham–happily.

At that time, I considered my life successful and decided that I would never leave that place to go elsewhere. Then, by the mercy of the Vaiṣṇavas, I happily took up residence there.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Desiring to elaborate on this subject, Śrī Gopakumāra continues, “I decided, ‘Today my birth is crowned with success–I have received the benefit of my entire life in full measure. Here in this place, I have achieved the desired goal for which I renounced home and wandered throughout the holy places. I shall never leave and go anywhere else.’”

The Mathurā brāhmaṇa might ask, “How was it possible for a destitute foreigner to reside near the king’s palace and obtain meals and so on?”

Therefore, in this verse, Gopa-kumāra says, “It was by the mercy of the Vaiṣṇavas only that I began to happily reside there. Śrī Jagadīśvara’s servants kindly provided me with the remnants of the Lord’s meals, His mahā-prasāda, and the assurance of subsistence. Thus, I happily began to live in the temple.”