Verse 2.2.218

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.218:

सदैक-रूपोऽपि स विष्णुर् आत्मनस् तथा स्व-भक्तेर् जनयत्य् अनुक्षणम् ।
विचित्र-माधुर्य-शतं नवं नवं तया स्व-शक्त्येतर-दुर्वितर्क्यया ॥ २१८ ॥

sadaika-rūpo'pi sa viṣṇur ātmanas tathā sva-bhakter janayaty anukṣaṇam |
vicitra-mādhurya-śataṃ navaṃ navaṃ tayā sva-śaktyetara-durvitarkyayā || 218 ||

sadā–always; eka-rūpaḥ–one form; api–although; saḥ–He; viṣṇuḥ–Śrī Viṣṇu; ātmanaḥ–of the self; tathā–so; sva-bhakteḥ–through His devotional service; janayati–creates; anu-kṣaṇam–at every moment; vicitra–wonderful; mādhurya–sweetness; śatam–hundreds; navam–newer; navam–and newer; tayā–by that; sva-śaktyā–His own potency; itara–of others; durvitarkayā–beyond the power of logic.

Although sac-cid-ānanda Śrī Viṣṇu is always situated in one form, by the potency of His śakti, at every moment He manifests Himself and His bhakti in hundreds of ever-fresh varieties of sweetness. This variegatedness is inconceivable for non-devotees, and therefore they cannot comprehend it.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “The object of realization, Śrī Bhagavān, who is the personification of the Supreme Brahman and the embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss, is always present in one form. His devotional service (bhakti), His devotees (bhaktas) and their activities (vṛttis) correspond to Him. How can it be imagined, then, that they would be manifest in so many varieties of forms?” This doubt is resolved in three verses, beginning here with sad.

The bhakti-śāstras say, “By the influence of His power, or śakti, at every moment, Śrī Bhagavān manifests hundreds upon hundreds of ever-fresh varieties of sweetness. How does He do this? He does it in a manner that is different from the way material variegatedness is manifest, and in a way that is difficult for anyone but devotees to understand. Thus, the activities performed by the Lord are incomprehensible.”