Verse 2.1.200

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.200:

पृथिव्याः साधवः सर्वे मिलिता यत्र वर्गशः ।
प्रेम्णोन्मत्ता इवेक्ष्यन्ते नृत्य-गीतादि-तत्-पराः ॥ २०० ॥

pṛthivyāḥ sādhavaḥ sarve militā yatra vargaśaḥ |
premṇonmattā ivekṣyante nṛtya-gītādi-tat-parāḥ || 200 ||

pṛthivyāḥ–of the world; sādhavaḥ–saintly persons; sarve–all; militāḥ–assembling; yatra–whereupon; vargaśaḥ–in groups; premṇā–out of divine love; unmattāḥ–extremely intoxicated; iva–as if; īkṣyante–were seen; nṛtya–in dancing; gīta–singing; ādi–and so forth; tatparāḥ–absorbed in that (love).

At the time of that festival (Guṇḍicā-yātrā), almost all the saintly persons and Vaiṣṇavas from all over the world assembled in Puruṣottama-kṣetra. According to rules of their own spiritual lineage, they danced and sang in front of the Lord, either in groups or individually. They could then be seen becoming maddened in divine love.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The brāhmaṇa might ask, “How was this festival celebrated?” In response, Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks the verse beginning with pṛthivyāḥ. He says, “For this grand Guṇḍicā Mahā-yātrā, saintly persons and Vaiṣṇavas of all spiritual lineages, or sampradāyas, converged on Puruṣottama-kṣetra. Some stayed alone and others stayed in groups, according to the principles of each individual lineage. During the festival all of them danced and sang in front of the Lord and became fully submerged in ecstasy, reaching the state of divine madness. The assembled pilgrims were immensely fortunate to witness all this.”