Verse 2.2.39

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.39:

अभिनन्द्य शुभाशीर्भिर् मां तेऽगच्छन् यथा-सुखम् ।
तिरोऽभवद् उपेन्द्रोऽपि मया पृष्टास् तदामराः ॥ ३९ ॥

abhinandya śubhāśīrbhir māṃ te'gacchan yathā-sukham |
tiro'bhavad upendro'pi mayā pṛṣṭās tadāmarāḥ || 39 ||

abhinandya–greeting; śubha-āśīrbhiḥ–with auspicious blessings; mām–me; te–they; agacchan–went; yathā-sukham–at their sweet will; tiraḥ-abhavat–disappeared; upendraḥ–Vāmana-deva; api–also; mayā–by me; pṛṣṭāḥ–asked; tadā–then; a-marāḥ–the immortals of Svargaloka (the demigods).

Bhṛgu and the other great sages greeted me with delight and blessed me, and then they continued on their journey. Meanwhile, Bhagavān Śrī Upendra also disappeared. I then questioned the demigods.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “O brāhmaṇa, do not think that I committed an offense by being inattentive towards the maharṣis, for they showered me with their blessings before leaving for earth.” This is explained in this verse beginning with abhinandya. He says, “Meanwhile, Śrī Bhagavān also disappeared. I then questioned the demigods about the identity of those sages.”

The brāhmaṇa might ask, “Why did you not inquire from the demigods while Bhagavān was personally present?” Gopa-kumāra replies, “I did not think it proper to converse in the presence of the Lord. When one is experiencing the bliss of directly seeing the Lord, nothing else can remain in one’s mind. In Śrī Bhagavān’s direct presence, even a desire to leave does not enter the mind, what to speak of actually going anywhere.”