Verse 2.2.43

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.43:

यथा हि कोटि-गुणितं सम्राज्यात् सुखम् ऐन्द्रकम् ।
तत्-कोटि-गुणितं तत्र प्राजापत्यं सुखं मतम् ॥ ४३ ॥

yathā hi koṭi-guṇitaṃ samrājyāt sukham aindrakam |
tat-koṭi-guṇitaṃ tatra prājāpatyaṃ sukhaṃ matam || 43 ||

yathā–if; hi–indeed; koṭi–ten millions of times; guṇitam–multiplied; sāmrājyāt–from the kingdom; sukham–happiness; aindrikam–of Indra; tat–of that; koṭi–ten millions of times; guṇitam–multiplied; tatra–there; prājāpatyam–of those forefathers; sukham–happiness; matam–considered.

As the happiness of Indra is millions of times greater than that of an earthly emperor, so the happiness of a prajāpati is millions of times greater than that of Indra. Those who are wise have understood this.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra may ask, “One experiences more happiness in heaven than on Martyaloka (the earth planet). What, then, will the happiness be in Maharloka?”

Śrī Bṛhaspati replies, “The happiness enjoyed by one in the position of Indra is millions of times greater than that of a sovereign ruler of the entire earth. Similarly, the post of a prajāpati brings with it a happiness millions of times greater than that of Indra. The prajāpatis headed by Bhṛgu are posted in Maharloka. This has been understood by persons of great wisdom.”