Verse 2.2.77

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.77:

संमन्यमानास् तत्रत्यैस् तादृशैर् एव ते मिथः ।
सुख-गोष्ठीं वितन्वानः सन्त्य् अगम्यां हि मादृशैः ॥ ७७ ॥

saṃmanyamānās tatratyais tādṛśair eva te mithaḥ |
sukha-goṣṭhīṃ vitanvānaḥ santy agamyāṃ hi mādṛśaiḥ || 77 ||

sammanyamānāḥ–nicely worshiped; tatratyaiḥ–by the residents of that place; tādṛśaiḥ–similar to them; eva–indeed; te–they; mithaḥ–together; sukha–happy; goṣṭhīm–in conversation; vitanvānaḥ–engaging; santi–they are; agamyām–not understandable; hi–indeed; mādṛśaiḥ–by those such as I.

I saw that the residents of Tapoloka were honoring those incarnations of Bhagavān, Sanaka and his brothers, who were happily conversing among themselves. However, ignorant as I was, I could not understand that blissful discussion.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Describing the glories of the four brothers, Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I saw that although the residents of Tapoloka were as glorious as the four brothers, they were worshiping the Kumāras as incarnations of Bhagavān. The Kumāras were happily engaged in iṣṭa-goṣṭhī, conversing together on spiritual topics.” The topics of their spiritual discourse are celebrated in ‘Veda-stuti–Prayers by the Personified Vedas,’ Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.87).

The brāhmaṇa might ask, “What sort of subjects were they discussing?”

Gopa-kumāra replies, “Since I was such a neophyte and ignorant Vaiṣṇava, the topics were beyond my comprehension. I could not even discern whether they were talking about liberation or sense gratification.”