Verse 2.2.64

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.64:

महर्-लोके गतेऽप्य् आत्म-जपाद् रहसि पूर्ववत् ।
सम्पद्यमानाच् छोकः स्याद् अस्या भूमेर् दिदृक्षया ॥ ६४ ॥

mahar-loke gate'py ātma-japād rahasi pūrvavat |
sampadyamānāc chokaḥ syād asyā bhūmer didṛkṣayā || 64 ||

mahaḥ-loke–in Maharloka; gate–when gone; api–also; ātma–my; japāt–from chanting; rahasi–in seclusion; pūrva-vat–as before; sampādyamānāt–from being established; śokaḥ–grief; syāt–there would be; asyāḥ–of this; bhūmeḥ–the land (of Vraja); didṛkṣayā–with the desire to see.

Despite being in Maharloka, when I would chant my mantra in a solitary place as before, I would become aggrieved by the desire to see Śrī Vraja-bhūmi, this land of Vraja.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The Mathurā brāhmaṇa might ask, “Knowing that at the end of night in Maharloka you would again see Śrī Yajñeśvara and become happy, why did the memory of your previous happiness not sustain you during the night?”

Śrī Gopa-kumāra replies, “In Maharloka, I would chant my mantra in a solitary place. At that time, I would become griefstricken with longing to again behold Śrī Vṛndāvana. I considered that supremely charming and glorious Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala in the district of Mathurā to be the favorite playground of Śrī Nīlācala-pati (Śrī Jagannātha-deva).” This indicates the enchanting wonders of Śrī Jagannātha and His beloved pastime place, Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala.