Verse 2.4.210

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.210:

सिद्धिः स्याद् भगवद्-दृष्ट्या तृण-संमाननाद् अपि ।
सकृद्-उच्चरनान् नामा-भासस्य श्रवणात् तथा ॥ २१० ॥

siddhiḥ syād bhagavad-dṛṣṭyā tṛṇa-saṃmānanād api |
sakṛd-uccaranān nāmā-bhāsasya śravaṇāt tathā || 210 ||

siddhiḥ–perfection; syāt–may take place; bhagavat–Bhagavān; dṛṣṭyā–through beholding; tṛṇa–a grass plant; sammānanāt–by giving proper honor; api–even; sakṛt–once; uccāraṇāt–by utterance; nāma–of the name; ābhāsasya–of the dim reflection; śravaṇāt–by hearing; tathā–also.

What to speak of the glories of worshiping the Deity of Śrī Bhagavān, if one even respects a blade of grass with the awareness of Bhagavān’s presence, or one once simply utters or hears the semblance of the holy name (nāmābhāsa), his innermost desires will be fulfilled and perfection will be attained.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Nārada speaks two verses, beginning here with siddhiḥ, to establish his argument by using kaimutya-nyāya (the logic of ‘how much more!’).

He says, “What to speak of the glories of worshiping the Deity of Bhagavān, if one honors even a blade of grass as the Lord with the feeling that the indwelling Supersoul, antaryāmī parameśvara, is present in all living entities, then one achieves perfection. All the moving and non-moving beings in the world are Bhagavān’s potencies, His opulences (vibhūtis). With this understanding, when one serves even an insignificant blade of grass by watering it or offering obeisances to it, he receives all perfections, namely liberation or the fulfillment of all desires. Moreover, if one achieves perfection or even greater results by uttering or hearing the semblance of the Lord’s name even once, then what need be said about the worship of His Deity form?”