Verse 2.2.106

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.106:

मनसो हि समाधानं मन्यसे दुष्करं यदि ।
चक्षुः-साफल्य-कामो वा भगवन्तं दिदृक्षसे ॥ १०६ ॥

manaso hi samādhānaṃ manyase duṣkaraṃ yadi |
cakṣuḥ-sāphalya-kāmo vā bhagavantaṃ didṛkṣase || 106 ||

manasaḥ–the mind; hi–indeed; samādhānam–composing; manyase–you think; duṣkaram–difficult to perform; yadi–if; cakṣuḥ–through the eyes; sāphalya–fulfillment; kāmaḥ–desire; vā–or; bhagavantam–the Lord; didṛkṣase–you wish to see.

If you consider concentrating the mind to be too arduous, or if you desire to fulfill the purpose of your eyes by directly seeing Śrī Bhagavān, ….

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Pippalāyana says, “When one’s mind becomes fixed, then wherever one is, darśana of Śrī Bhagavān can easily be attained. However, you may consider it difficult to keep your mind steady. Or, you may surmise that even though the nature of Tapoloka or the potency of your mantra-japa may steady the mind, it is only the mind that is satisfied by seeing the Lord, and not the eyes. If you have these conceptions, even though the eyes actually lack the potency to see the Lord, if you are still resolutely determined to satisfy your eyes with the sight of Bhagavān, ….” (continued in the next verse)