Verse 2.4.11

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.11:

सर्वम् अन्यादृशं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितः स्वस्थतां गतः ।
पार्श्वेऽपश्यं पुरा दृष्टांस् तान् एवात्म-प्रियङ्करान् ॥ ११ ॥

sarvam anyādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ svasthatāṃ gataḥ |
pārśve'paśyaṃ purā dṛṣṭāṃs tān evātma-priyaṅkarān || 11 ||

sarvam–everything; anyādṛśam–different; dṛṣṭvā–having seen; vismitaḥ–astonished; sva-sthatām–composure; gataḥ–having recovered; pārśve–beside me; apaśyam–I saw; purā–before; dṛṣṭān–seen; tān–them; eva–indeed; ātma-priyaṅ-karān–who favored me.

I was stunned to see that everything was different, but after some time I regained my composure. I saw that the same personal associates of Bhagavān from Vaikuṇṭha, those personalities who had previously favored me by indicating the means to attain Vaikuṇṭha, were beside me.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I saw that all places except the land of Vraja were transformed into new forms. This was the reason for my astonishment. Afterward, I noticed that those eternal residents of Vaikuṇṭha, who had previously helped me by showing me how to attain my beloved Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, were beside me, and I felt comforted.”