Verse 2.2.57

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.57:

एषां यज्ञैक-निष्ठानाम् ऐक्येनावश्यके निजे जपे च ।
सद्-गुरूद्दिष्टे मान्द्यं स्याद् दृष्ट-सत्-फले ॥ ५७ ॥

eṣāṃ yajñaika-niṣṭhānām aikyenāvaśyake nije jape ca |
sad-gurūddiṣṭe māndyaṃ syād dṛṣṭa-sat-phale || 57 ||

eṣām–of them; yajña–to performing sacrifices; eka-niṣṭhānām–exclusively devoted; aikyena–acquiescing to their desire and accepting the status of a brāhmaṇa; āvaśyake–necessarily; nije–own; jape–in meditative chanting; ca–also; sat-guru–by my pure spiritual guide; uddiṣṭe–taught; māndyam–slackness; syāt–may be; dṛṣṭa–seen; sat–spiritual; phale–in the fruit.

Those maharṣis were solely dedicated to their fire sacrifices and had no other interest in life. I thought that if I agreed to their proposal and accepted the status of a brāhmaṇa, I would inevitably become remiss in chanting the mantra my divine master had taught me. It would not be right to neglect a mantra that had already proven itself by bestowing such good results so quickly.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra continues, “These great sages are single-mindedly dedicated to the performance of fire sacrifices and are uninterested in any other process. If I were to accept the status of a brāhmaṇa, then like them, I would also, become completely dedicated to only performing fire sacrifices. I would inevitably become slack in my essential duty–chanting the mantra given by my sad-guru (bona fide spiritual master). I have directly experienced the mantra’s effectiveness and have achieved immediate results: a great empire, the position of Indra, and now the opulence of Maharloka. Therefore, on no account would it ever be appropriate to neglect the chanting of this mantra.”