Verse 2.3.5

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.5:

स्नात्वा स्व-दत्त-मन्त्रस्य ध्यानादि-विधिम् उद्दिशन् ।
किञ्चिन् मुखेन किञ्चिच् च सङ्केटेनाभ्यवेदयत् ॥ ५ ॥

snātvā sva-datta-mantrasya dhyānādi-vidhim uddiśan |
kiñcin mukhena kiñcic ca saṅkeṭenābhyavedayat || 5 ||

snātvā–having bathed; sva-datta–given by him; mantrasya–of the mantra; dhyāna–with meditation; ādi–beginning; vidhim–rules; uddiśan–instructing; kiñcit–some things; mukhena–with his mouth; kiñcit–some things; ca–also; saṅketena–by gestures; abhyavedayat–he indicated.

After that, he bathed and then instructed me in the rules of meditation and the worship of the mantra he had given me. Some rules he spoke, and others he indicated by gesture.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “When he was experiencing the ecstatic symptoms of divine love (prema), mucus, saliva, and tears flowed from his nose, mouth, and eyes. These became mixed with dust and stuck to his face. To wash, he went to bathe in the Yamunā. Afterwards, he instructed me on the rules for the mantra he had previously given, explaining nyāsa (applying names of the Lord to the limbs of the body), mudrā (symbolic hand gestures), and other practices. He revealed some of those rules by words and others by signs and indications. While he was explaining dhyāna, or meditation on the Deity of the mantra, he remembered his worshipable Lord and became overwhelmed with intense prema. Unable to speak, he instructed me by gesturing with his hands.”