Verse 2.4.50

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.50:

कथञ्चित् तत्-प्रभावेन विज्ञातं स्यान् न चान्यथा ।
ग्रहीतुं किल तद्-रूपं मनसापि न शक्यते ॥ ५० ॥

kathañcit tat-prabhāvena vijñātaṃ syān na cānyathā |
grahītuṃ kila tad-rūpaṃ manasāpi na śakyate || 50 ||

kathañcit–somehow; tat-prabhāveṇa–by His influence; vijñātam–understood; syāt–it can be; na–not; ca–also; anyathā–otherwise; grahītum–to have access; kila–indeed; tad-rūpam–its form; manasā–through the mind; api–also; na–not; śakyate–is able.

However, the nature of that place can be understood only by the mercy of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha and not by any other means. This is because its form, or truth, is inaccessible to the mind.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “The nature, opulence, and so on of Vaikuṇṭha can be understood only by the potency of the mercy of the Lord of Śrī Vaikuṇṭha or by the benevolence of His eternal associates. At the same time, a devotee can get some idea about Vaikuṇṭha by seeing or touching anything of this material world that is similar to Vaikuṇṭha. However, no one can understand the fundamental truth (tattva) about Vaikuṇṭha or its objects by his own ability or with external vision. This is because the objects there are spiritual; they are made of concentrated Brahman, and therefore, even with the mind, one cannot conceive of their form and truth. This being the case, how can I describe them?”