Verse 2.4.242

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.242:

तथापि रघु-वीरस्य श्रीमत्-पाद-सरोजयोः ।
तयो रस-विशेषस्य लाभायोपदिशाम्य् अहम् ॥ २४२ ॥

tathāpi raghu-vīrasya śrīmat-pāda-sarojayoḥ |
tayo rasa-viśeṣasya lābhāyopadiśāmy aham || 242 ||

tathā api–still; raghu-vīrasya–of the hero of the Raghu dynasty; śrīmat-pāda-sarojayoḥ–of the beautiful lotus feet; tayoḥ–of them; rasa-viśeṣasya–the special flavor; lābhāya–to attain; upadiśāmi–am describing; aham–I.

Nevertheless, I am giving this instruction separately, so that you may obtain the special _rasa of the lotus feet of Śrī Raghuvīra, the hero of the Raghu dynasty.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Nārada says, “I am giving you separate instructions to obtain the special rasa–the extraordinary bliss of devotion–of Śrī Raghuvīra’s extraordinary lotus feet that are decorated with marks of thorns from the Daṇḍakāraṇya forest.”

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (9.11.19), Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī states:

स्मरतां हृदि विन्यस्य विद्धं दण्डक-कण्टकैः
स्व-पाद-पल्लवं राम आत्म-योनिर् अगात् ततः

smaratāṃ hṛdi vinyasya viddhaṃ daṇḍaka-kaṇṭakaiḥ
sva-pāda-pallavaṃ rāma ātma-yonir agāt tataḥ

The lotus feet of Śrī Rāmacandrajī are decorated by marks of thorns that pierced them while He was residing in the forest of Daṇḍakāraṇya. The devotees remember these lotus feet, and by establishing them in their hearts, they attain the abode of Śrī Raghunātha.

Śrī Nārada continues, “Although everything can be obtained by bhakti to Śrī Madana-gopāla, who is the original cause of all the incarnations, nevertheless, there is some specialty in the incarnation of Śrī Raghunātha. Unless one has special devotion for Śrī Raghuvīra, one cannot experience the special rasa connected with Him. Therefore, I am instructing you separately about devotion to Him.”