Verse 2.1.218

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.218:

यदा दोलायमानात्मा कथं तद् अनुतप्यसे ।
तत्रैव गच्छ काले मां तद् रूपं द्रक्ष्यसि ध्रुवम् ॥ २१८ ॥

yadā dolāyamānātmā kathaṃ tad anutapyase |
tatraiva gaccha kāle māṃ tad rūpaṃ drakṣyasi dhruvam || 218 ||

sadā–always; dolāyamāna–flickering; ātmā–mind; katham–why?; tat–that; anutapyase–do you suffer?; tatra–there; eva–indeed; gaccha–just go; kāle–in time; mām–Me; tat-rūpam–My form; drakṣyasi–you will see; dhruvam–surely.

“Why are you always lamenting and your mind always wavering? Go to Mathurā, and when the time is right, you will surely see My form as a cowherd boy.”

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The Lord says, “Why do you always cause yourself grief by vacillating between, ‘Shall I stay here, or shall I go to Vṛndāvana?’ Why are you lamenting, confusing your mind with this doubt and indecision? Why do you constantly blame your fate? You should just go to Mathurā.”

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might raise the concern, “Here, I am able to directly see You, which will not be possible there.”

To allay this doubt, the Lord says, “When the time comes, you will definitely be able to see Me there (in Mathurā-maṇḍala), also.” Alternatively it means, “I am always present there; I reside there eternally. In which form do I reside? In My natural form (svarūpa) of Śrī Madana-gopāla-deva.” This reveals that this form Śrī Madana-gopāla is even more special than the form of Śrī Jagannātha-deva. “When the suitable time comes,” says the Lord, “you will certainly see Me there in the form of Śrī Madana-gopāla. Therefore, why are you overcome with distress and why do you consider yourself inadequate? O My dearest, never give in to lamentation.” This is the purport of the Lord’s speech.