Verse 2.2.93

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.93:

तस्य कारुण्य-शक्त्या वा दृश्योऽस्त्व् अपि बहिर्-दृशोः ।
तथापि दर्शनानन्दः स्व-योनौ जायते हृदि ॥ ९३ ॥

tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā vā dṛśyo'stv api bahir-dṛśoḥ |
tathāpi darśanānandaḥ sva-yonau jāyate hṛdi || 93 ||

tasya–His; kāruṇya–of mercy; śaktyā–by the power; vā–or; dṛśyaḥ–he may be seen; astu–that surely is a fact; api–indeed; bahiḥ dṛśoḥ–to external vision; tathā api–still; darśana–of the vision; ānandaḥ–the bliss; sva-yonau–in his own origin; jāyate–appears; hṛdi–in the mind.

Because nothing is impossible for Śrī Bhagavān, by His kāruṇyaśakti, His mercy potency, He sometimes appears to external vision. Even so, the joy of this darśana is transmitted by the mind alone, which is its source.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might argue, “What is impossible to achieve by the grace of the Supreme Lord?”

Pippalāyana replies, “Yes, this is true, but the wise have concluded that consciousness (citta) alone enjoys the fruit of such darśana. Śrī Bhagavān becomes visible to the eyes by His mercy. In other words, by His potency of mercy, He gives the capacity by which He can be perceived. So, at certain times and to some persons, He becomes visible externally. This is because nothing is impossible for Him.”

It is said, “mūkaṃ karoti vācālaṃ paṅguṃ laṅghayate girim–by the power of His mercy, even the dumb can speak eloquently and the lame can cross mountains.” [Bhāvārtha-dīpikā, Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī] Pippalāyana continues, “However, the joy of His darśana is experienced in the mind, as the mind is the place where joy manifests. The reason is that it is the nature, or dharma, of the mind to generate sorrow, bliss, pain and so forth–it is not the nature of the other senses–so the place for the manifestation of joy is in the mind.”