Verse 2.2.191

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.191:

सुखस्य तु परा कष्ठा भक्ताव् एव स्वतो भवेत् ।
तन्-मय-श्री-पदाम्भोज-सेविनां साधनोचिता ॥ १९१ ॥

sukhasya tu parā kaṣṭhā bhaktāv eva svato bhavet |
tan-maya-śrī-padāmbhoja-sevināṃ sādhanocitā || 191 ||

sukhasya–of happiness; tu–indeed; parā kāṣṭhā–the highest pinnacle; bhaktau–in devotional service; eva–certainly; svataḥ–spontaneously; bhavet–there may be; tat-maya–which are identical with Him; śrī-pada-ambhoja–of His resplendent lotus feet; sevinām–for the servants; sādhana–with their practice; ucitā–in accordance.

In reality, though, the unalloyed devotees are fully dedicated to the service of the divine lotus feet of Śrī Bhagavān. Indeed, they automatically experience the ultimate limit of happiness that is suitable for their means of devotional service.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

By bhakti of Śrī Bhagavān, one quite easily experiences paramount happiness corresponding to one’s devotional practice. To explain this, the bhakti-śāstras speak this verse beginning with sukhasya. They say, “The devotees are eagerly engaged in loving service of the divine lotus feet of the Lord, and by dint of this experience, the highest level of happiness naturally arises. As a goal (sādhya) is directly related to the means (sādhana) to achieving it, so the results devotees achieve accord with their spiritual practice.”