Verse 2.4.203

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.203:

एकोऽपि भगवान् सान्द्र-सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-विग्रहः ।
कृपया तत्र तत्रास्ते तत्-तद्-रूपेण लीलया ॥ २०३ ॥

eko'pi bhagavān sāndra-sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ |
kṛpayā tatra tatrāste tat-tad-rūpeṇa līlayā || 203 ||

ekaḥ–one; api–indeed; bhagavān–Supreme Lord; sāndra–condensed; sat-cit-ānanda-vigrahaḥ–whose form is eternity, knowledge, and bliss; kṛpayā–out of compassion; tatra tatra–in various places; āste–stays; tat-tat-rūpeṇa–according to His respective original forms; līlayā–in accordance with His pleasure pastimes.

“For the sake of performing His pastimes and to grant mercy to all the devotees, that one Bhagavān, whose form is sac-cid-ānanda, takes many different forms and appears in different places.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

To explain why all those Deities are also embodiments of concentrated eternity, knowledge, and bliss, Śrī Gopa-kumāra speaks this verse beginning with eko’pi. He says, “While Bhagavān Śrī Puruṣottama, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is sac-cid-ānanda, is one, He is nevertheless present in different regions and in different holy abodes, such as Jagannātha Purī, in different Deity forms. He performs this pastime in order to distribute His mercy to all of His devotees and to benefit all living beings.”