Verse 2.2.95

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.95:

तत्-प्रसादोदयाद् यावत् सुखं वर्धेत मानसम् ।
तावद् वर्धितुम् ईशिता न चान्यद् बाह्यम् इन्द्रियम् ॥ ९५ ॥

tat-prasādodayād yāvat sukhaṃ vardheta mānasam |
tāvad vardhitum īśitā na cānyad bāhyam indriyam || 95 ||

tat-prasāda–of His mercy; udayāt–from the rising; yāvat–as much; sukham–happiness; vardheta–may expand; mānasam–mind; tāvat–that much; vardhitum–to expand; īśita–ability; na–not; ca–also; anyat–another; bāhyam–external; indriyam–sense.

By the mercy of Śrī Bhagavān, as the happiness within the mind caused by seeing Him increases further and further, the mind expands to the magnitude of that joy. No external sense can expand like the mind.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might say, “The mind may be the most suitable of the senses to enjoy the bliss of seeing Bhagavān, but still it is limited.”

Pippalāyana replies, “True, the mind is limited. Nevertheless, to the extent that the mind is pure, Bhagavān manifests within it. When the Lord by His special kindness becomes directly visible, the joy one has in seeing Him increases more and more, and the capacity of the mind correspondingly expands to experience that pleasure. Out of all the senses, only the mind has the power to do this. The other senses are external and inert. Only the pure mind, being subtle, is capable of expanding to the magnitude of the soul.”