Verse 2.4.95

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.95:

तथापि पूर्वाभ्यासस्य बलेन महता प्रभोः ।
भजनं खलु मन्येऽहं दीन-वृत्त्या सदा सुखम् ॥ ९५ ॥

tathāpi pūrvābhyāsasya balena mahatā prabhoḥ |
bhajanaṃ khalu manye'haṃ dīna-vṛttyā sadā sukham || 95 ||

tathā api–however; pūrva-abhyāsasya–of my previous practice; balena–by the strength; mahatā–great; prabhoḥ–of the Lord; bhajanam–the worship; khalu–indeed; manye–I would consider; aham–I; dīna-vṛttyā–with humble mood; sadā–always; sukham–happiness.

Regardless, by the strong influence of my previous practice, I always remained in a humble mood and continued to believe that loving devotional service (bhajana) to Śrī Bhagavān is the source of all happiness.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Everything about Vaikuṇṭha is completely transcendental. Thus, the residents are qualitatively one with its attributes, such as possession of and detachment from complete opulence. Gopa-kumāra says, “Even so, I continued to take pleasure in performing non-stop loving service to Śrī Bhagavān in a meek and humble mood. How could I do this? I could do so on the strength of my previous habit of rendering devotional service in a modest and unassuming fashion. Although the residents of Vaikuṇṭha execute service to the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha in ways that correspond to His moods and personal dealings, I had experienced from the beginning that the bliss of devotion increases greatly by maintaining a niṣkiñcana mood, or in other words, a mood of material detachment, simplicity, and humility.”