Verse 2.2.34

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.34:

प्रादुर्भूतस्य विष्णोस् तु तस्य तादृक्-कृपा-भरैः ।
आधिः सर्वो विलीयेत पाश्चात्योऽपि तद्-आशया ॥ ३४ ॥

prādurbhūtasya viṣṇos tu tasya tādṛk-kṛpā-bharaiḥ |
ādhiḥ sarvo vilīyeta pāścātyo'pi tad-āśayā || 34 ||

prādurbhūtasya–reappearing; viṣṇoḥ–of Śrī Vāmana-deva; tu–but; tasya–His; tādṛk-kṛpā–of such mercy; bharaiḥ–by the profusion; ādhiḥ–the mental anguish; sarvaḥ–all; vilīyeta–would vanish; pāścātyaḥ–afterwards; api–however; tat-āśayā–because of the prospect of His (association).

How wonderful is the mercy of Śrī Bhagavān! Seeing my condition, from time to time He would appear before me and accept my offerings with His own hands and pacify me with sweet words. Thus, my lamentation and anguish would be soothed, and the sorrow I would feel in anticipation of imminent separation from Him would disappear.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The brāhmaṇa might wonder, “If, in the absence of Śrī Upendra, Gopa-kumāra was so intensely hankering to see Nīlācala-pati Śrī Jagannātha-deva, why did he not just go to Nīlācala-kṣetra?” To address this doubt, Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks this verse beginning with prādurbhūt.

He says, “The glories of Śrī Upendra are indescribable! Understanding the condition of my heart, with boundless mercy He would again appear and manifest unprecedented sweetness. With His own hands, He would accept my gifts and worship, and He would eat all my offerings of food. And especially wonderful were His soothing words to relieve my mental distress and His playful dealings with me. Naturally, I became infatuated with Śrī Upendra and more devoted to Him than to Nīlācala-pati, whose unquestionable excellence was now eclipsed by Śrī Upendra’s superior qualities. Ah! By the power of His indescribable mercy, all my anguish–the never-ending sorrow I felt being apart from Vraja-bhūmi–would immediately become pacified.”

Now the brāhmaṇa might ask, “If Śrī Upendra were to disappear again, would you not have felt the same distress?”

Gopa-kumāra answers, “True. But during His absence I would always be hoping to attain His amazing grace and see Him again, and thus all my misery would disappear.”