Verse 2.4.197-198

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.197-198:

सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-सान्द्रत्वाच् चैषं भगवता सह ।
साम्येऽपि भजनानन्द-माधुर्य-कार्य-विद्यया ॥ १९७ ॥
कयाचिद् अनयातर्क्य-नाना-मधुरिमार्णवे ।
तस्मिन् श्री-कृष्ण-पादाब्जे घटते दासता सदा ॥ १९८ ॥

sac-cid-ānanda-sāndratvāc caiṣaṃ bhagavatā saha |
sāmye'pi bhajanānanda-mādhurya-kārya-vidyayā || 197 ||
kayācid anayātarkya-nānā-madhurimārṇave |
tasmin śrī-kṛṣṇa-pādābje ghaṭate dāsatā sadā || 198 ||

sat-cit-ānanda–eternality, cognizance, and bliss; sāndratvāt–because of being condensed; ca–and; eṣām–they have; bhagavatā saha–with the all-opulent Lord; sāmye–in equality; api–although; bhajanaānanda–of the bliss of devotion; mādhurya ākarṣa–of the fascinating sweetness; vidyayā–because of knowledge; kayācit–by some; anayā–by that; atarkya–unfathomable; nānā-madhurima–of manifold sweetnesses; arṇave–in the ocean; tasmin–in that; śrīkṛṣṇa-pāda-abje–to the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ghaṭate–one is busy; dāsatā–servitude; sadā–always.

Bhagavān and His eternal associates are similar in that they both possess forms of sac-cid-ānanda. Yet, although it is beyond logic, the sweetness of the bliss of serving Bhagavān casts a spell on His associates, keeping them always immersed in their natural mood as servitors of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, which are an ocean of unfathomable, variegated sweetness.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Now, in order to present the logic of the previously-mentioned subject matter, Śrī Nārada speaks two verses, beginning here with sat. He says, “The new associates have experienced the indescribable sweetness of worshiping the Lord in their past, regulated practices, so they automatically possess the mood of service to Śrī Bhagavān.”

Alternatively the verse can be read to say, “The eternal associates always directly experience the sweetness of the bliss of service, being naturally attracted by its magnetic spell. Therefore, the difference between Bhagavān as the master and the eternal associates as the servants remains intact. Thus, like the new associates, the eternal servitors are also always submerged in the mood of service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s indescribably glorious lotus feet.”

The reason for this is that Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet are an unfathomable ocean of variegated sweetness. If Śrī Kṛṣṇa did not possess such inconceivable, wonderful, and variegated sweetness, then He would be unable to attract the hearts of the eternal associates. Moreover, the master/servant mood would not remain eternally intact.”