Verse 2.1.196

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.196:

एवं वसन् सुखं तत्र भगवद्-दर्शनाद् अनु ।
गुरु-पादाज्ञया नित्यं जपामि स्वेष्ट-सिद्धये ॥ १९६ ॥

evaṃ vasan sukhaṃ tatra bhagavad-darśanād anu |
guru-pādājñayā nityaṃ japāmi sveṣṭa-siddhaye || 196 ||

evam–thus; vasan–living; sukham–happily; tatra–there; bhagavatdarśanāt anu –after seeing Śrī Jagannātha-deva; guru-pāda–of my spiritual guide; ājñayā–by the order; nityam–regularly; japāmi–I would chant; sva-iṣṭa–of my dearmost desire; siddhaye–to attain perfection.

In this manner, I started to live happily in Puruṣottama-kṣetra. And in accordance with Śrī Gurudeva’s order, every day, after darśana of Śrī Jagannātha-deva, I chanted my mantra to achieve my desired perfection.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In this way, I continued to reside in Puruṣottama-kṣetra with great joy. First, I would take darśana of Śrī Bhagavān and then return to my residence and chant my mantra. What I desired most was service to Śrī Jagannātha-deva. Therefore, to accomplish this goal, I chanted my mantra with saṅkalpa, a vow that affirmed my ambition. Specifically with the understanding that Śrī Gurudeva’s instruction was especially powerful for obtaining my desired perfection, I chanted the mantra every day.”

This statement indicates that even though Gopa-kumāra did not have firm faith in Śrī Jagannātha-deva’s darśana, still, he was free from fault. Moreover, his deep devotion to his gurudeva, or guru-bhakti, reveals his faith in his goal of chanting the mantra.