Verse 2.3.94-95

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.94-95:

गत्वा सम्प्रति वैकुण्ठे सर्वाकर्षक-सद्-गुणम् ।
भगवन्तं तम् आलोक्य मोक्षानन्द-विडम्बिना ॥ ९४ ॥
निर्भरानन्द-पूरेण सम्योज्यात्मानम् आगताः ।
पिबन्तो भक्त-सङ्गत्या हरेर् भक्ति-महा-रसम् ॥ ९५ ॥

gatvā samprati vaikuṇṭhe sarvākarṣaka-sad-guṇam |
bhagavantaṃ tam ālokya mokṣānanda-viḍambinā || 94 ||
nirbharānanda-pūreṇa samyojyātmānam āgatāḥ |
pibanto bhakta-saṅgatyā harer bhakti-mahā-rasam || 95 ||

gatvā–having gone; samprati–recently; vaikuṇṭhe–in Vaikuṇṭha; sarva–all; ākarṣaka–attractive; sat-guṇam–transcendental qualities; bhagavantam–the Supreme Lord; tam–Him; ālokya–seeing; mokṣa–of impersonal liberation; ānanda–the bliss; viḍambinā–taunting; nirbhara-ānanda-pūreṇa–with streams of immense bliss; saṃyojya–engaging; ātmānam–the self; āgatāḥ–arrived; pibantaḥ–drinking; bhakta-saṅgatyā–through the association of devotees; hareḥ–of Śrī Hari; bhaktyāḥ–of devotional service; mahā–great; rasam–ambrosia.

These four Kumāras are just coming from Vaikuṇṭha, where they saw the all-attractive Śrī Bhagavān, who is adorned with transcendental qualities. With their hearts overflowing with streams of joy that taunt the bliss of liberation, they are traveling with Bhagavān’s personal associates. Now they are drinking the ambrosia of bhakti in the close association of devotees of Śrī Hari.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might ask, “How did they join the Vaikuṇṭha associates?”

Śrī Gaṇeśa answers, “These four Kumāras are just coming from Vaikuṇṭha, where they had direct darśana of the all-attractive Lord of Vaikuṇṭha. Having derived extreme joy from this, they are now relishing the nectar of devotion, or bhakti-rasa, with the eternal associates, who are devoted to Lord Hari. Traveling with them, they are singing the glories of Śrī Bhagavān and drinking mahā-amṛta, the sublime nectar of immortality arising from singing His glories.”

Gopa-kumāra might question, “How is it possible that those who are ātmārāma, who have attained the stage of experiencing satisfaction in the self, go to Vaikuṇṭha?”

Śrī Gaṇeśa replies, “Śrī Bhagavān is ornamented with all-attractive, virtuous attributes, but His most excellent quality is that He attracts those who are completely self-satisfied. Therefore His name is ‘Hari.’ Even the self-satisfied sages describe the topmost excellence of Bhagavān Hari’s direct darśana. In the association of the devotees, they are relishing the nectar of devotion, or bhakti-rasa, in order to experience the bounteous, paramount ecstasy that reproaches the bliss of impersonal liberation (mokṣa).”