Verse 2.4.115

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.115:

कदाचिद् ईशो निभृतं प्रयाति कुतोऽपि कैश्चित् समम् अन्तरीणैः ।
तदाखिलानां खलु तत्र शोको भवेद् अभावात् प्रभु-दर्शनस्य ॥ ११५ ॥

kadācid īśo nibhṛtaṃ prayāti kuto'pi kaiścit samam antarīṇaiḥ |
tadākhilānāṃ khalu tatra śoko bhaved abhāvāt prabhu-darśanasya || 115 ||

kadācit–at times; īśaḥ–the Lord; nibhṛtam–to a solitary place; prayāti–would go; kutaḥ api–somewhere; kaiścit–with some; samam–with; antarīṇaiḥ–confidential associates; tadā–then; akhilānām–of everyone; khalu–indeed; tatra–there; śokaḥ–grief; bhavet–it would be; abhāvāt–because of the absence; prabhu–of the Lord; darśanasya–of the sight.

Sometimes Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha would go to some solitary place with His confidential servitors. At that time, all the residents of Vaikuṇṭha, unable to see the Lord, would be submerged in distress.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The brāhmaṇa might ask, “Residence in Vaikuṇṭha is glorious by nature, and so it was certain that your desire would be fulfilled in due course. Knowing this, how was the happiness that you had previously experienced in your meditation lost?”

Śrī Gopa-kumāra replies, “It is true that no desire goes unfulfilled in this realm of Vaikuṇṭha. Nevertheless, there was a special reason for my unhappiness.” To explain this, he speaks this verse beginning with kadācit. He says, “Sometimes, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha would go to some solitary place with His confidential associates such as Śeṣa and Garuḍa, at which time all the residents of Vaikuṇṭha, unable to see the Lord, would become griefstricken.”