Verse 2.4.224

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.224:

नापि तत्र सहन्ते ते विलम्बं लव-मात्रकम् ।
भगवान् अपि तान् हातुं मनाग् अपि न शक्नुयात् ॥ २२४ ॥

nāpi tatra sahante te vilambaṃ lava-mātrakam |
bhagavān api tān hātuṃ manāg api na śaknuyāt || 224 ||

na–not; api–also; tatra–there; sahante–tolerate; te–they; vilambam–delay; lava-mātrakam–of even a moment; bhagavān–the all-opulent Lord; api–also; tān–them; hātum–to abandon; manāk–slightly; api–even; na śaknuyāt–is unable.

Those pure devotees are unable to tolerate even a moment’s delay in receiving darśana of Bhagavān, and Śrī Bhagavān also cannot give them up for even a second.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

The fruitive sakāma devotees receive their desired sense gratification, and in due course of time, they obtain bhakti, the real fruit. If this is the case, why are the sakāma devotees subject to criticism? To reconcile this, Śrī Nārada speaks this verse beginning with nāpi. He says, “Premī devotees (those experiencing pure love) cannot tolerate even a moment’s delay in obtaining the main result, namely divine vision of Śrī Bhagavān. Also, Śrī Bhagavān, unable to endure their distress of separation from Him, cannot leave them for even a second. Therefore, the pure devotees condemn fruitive desires because they cause delay in obtaining Bhagavān.”