Verse 2.3.175

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.175:

रूपं सत्यं खलु भगवतः सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-सान्द्रं योग्यैर् ग्राह्यं भवति करणैः सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-रूपम् ।
मांसाक्षिभ्यां तद् अपि घटते तस्य कारुण्य-शक्त्या सद्यो लब्ध्या तद्-उचित-गतेर् दर्शनं स्वेहया वा ॥ १७५ ॥

rūpaṃ satyaṃ khalu bhagavataḥ sac-cid-ānanda-sāndraṃ yogyair grāhyaṃ bhavati karaṇaiḥ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpam |
māṃsākṣibhyāṃ tad api ghaṭate tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā sadyo labdhyā tad-ucita-gater darśanaṃ svehayā vā || 175 ||

rūpam–form; satyam–truth; khalu–indeed; bhagavataḥ–of the Lord; sat–eternal; cit–full of knowledge; ānanda–and bliss;
sāndram–condensed; yogyaiḥ–suitable; gāhyam–should be received; bhavati–is; karaṇaiḥ–by the senses; sat–eternality; cit–cognizance; ānanda–and bliss; rūpam–form; māṃsa–of flesh; akṣibhyām–with eyes; tat–that; api–also; ghaṭate–happens; tasya–His; kāruṇya–of His mercy; śaktyā–through the power; sadyaḥ–at once; labdhyā–by the attainment; tat–that (form); ucita-gateḥ–of the suitable goal; darśanam–sight; sva-īhayā–by one’s own endeavor; vā–or.

The form of Śrī Bhagavān, the condensed essence of eternity, knowledge, and bliss, is the topmost Absolute Truth. To perceive this form, one must be endowed with senses that correspond to His senses that are also made of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. Therefore, having received the ability to see Bhagavān by the power of His mercy, one can directly see the Lord’s limitless, transcendental form even with material eyes.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

First, in two verses, beginning here with rūpam, the Vaikuṇṭha associates repeat the opinion of Pippalāyana. They say, “Śrī Bhagavān’s form, which is fully sac-cid-ānanda and eternally true, can be perceived by senses that are also sac-cid-ānanda like those of the Lord. Nevertheless, material eyes can also see Him, either by the influence of Śrī Bhagavān’s mercy potency, in which the material eyes become spiritualized, or by His knowledge potency, in which the eyes become qualified to have direct darśana of the Lord upon receiving transcendental knowledge of His sac-cid-ānanda form. Without the power of Bhagavān’s mercy, one’s eyes will not be empowered to have His audience. Darśana of Bhagavān’s unlimited and self-effulgent form becomes possible only through the power of His mercy potency (kṛpāśakti), so it is not incorrect to say that Bhagavān can be perceived by the limited and dull senses.”