Verse 2.4.124

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.124:

दयालु-चूडामणिना प्रभोर् महा-प्रियेण तद्-भक्ति-रसाब्धिनामुना ।
शुभाशिषानन्द्य करेण भाशितः संस्पृश्य वीणा-सुहृदा शिरस्य् अहम् ॥ १२४ ॥

dayālu-cūḍāmaṇinā prabhor mahā-priyeṇa tad-bhakti-rasābdhināmunā |
śubhāśiṣānandya kareṇa bhāśitaḥ saṃspṛśya vīṇā-suhṛdā śirasy aham || 124 ||

dayālu–of merciful persons; cūḍā-maṇinā–by the crest jewel; prabhoḥ–of the Lord; mahā-priyeṇa–very dear; tat–to Him; bhakti–of devotional service; rasa–of mellows; abdhinā–by the ocean; amunā–by him; śubha-āśiṣā–by auspicious benedictions; ānandya–delighting; kareṇa–with his hand; bhāṣitaḥ–said; saṃspṛśya–touching; vīṇā-suhṛdā–with his friend, the stringed instrument; śirasi–on the head; aham–I.

Śrī Nārada is the crest jewel of all merciful personalities. He is very dear to the Lord, and he is an ocean of bhakti-rasa. With his hand that holds his precious _vīṇā, he touched my head and blessed me. Then, he spoke to me as follows.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “Śrī Nārada greeted me with praises and gave me auspicious blessings. In joy, he touched my head with his hand that holds his dearmost vīṇā and began to speak.

He did all this because he is the crest jewel of merciful personalities.” The brāhmaṇa may ask, “Why is he so merciful?”

Gopa-kumāra says, “As he is Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s greatly beloved devotee, he is an ocean of bhakti-rasa, the mellows of loving devotion.” It can also be said, “He is submerged and completely absorbed in this ocean of bhakti-rasa.”