Verse 2.4.249

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.249:

एकं महा-भक्तम् अनुग्रहीतुं स्वयं कुतश्चिद् भगवान् गतोऽयम् ।
सोढुं विलम्बं न हि शक्ष्यसि त्वं तन् निर्गमे तेऽवसरो वरोऽयम् ॥ २४९ ॥

ekaṃ mahā-bhaktam anugrahītuṃ svayaṃ kutaścid bhagavān gato'yam |
soḍhuṃ vilambaṃ na hi śakṣyasi tvaṃ tan nirgame te'vasaro varo'yam || 249 ||

ekam–one; mahā–great; bhaktam–devotee; anu-grahītum–to show mercy; svayam–personally; kutaścit–somewhere; bhagavān–the all-opulent Lord; gataḥ–gone; ayam–He; soḍhum–to tolerate; vilambam–delay; na–not; hi–indeed; śakṣyasi tvam–you will be able; tat–there; nirgame–to depart; te–of you; avasaraḥ–opportunity; varaḥ–good; ayam–this.

Presently, Bhagavān Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha has gone somewhere to bestow mercy upon one of His great devotees. Because you will not be able to tolerate the delay until He returns, this is just the right moment for you to depart.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might wonder, “Shouldn’t I have direct darśana of Śrī Bhagavān before I go far away?”

Expecting Śrī Gopa-kumāra to insist on this because of his great devotion for the Lord, Śrī Nārada speaks this verse beginning with ekam. He says, “However, now the Lord has gone somewhere to bless one of His great devotees.”

“But I just saw Him in this Vaikuṇṭha.”

“The Lord left right after you met with Him.”

“I will wait here until He returns.”

“Śrī Bhagavān will definitely take quite some time to give His mercy to that devotee. You will not be able to tolerate that delay. Because of your intense eagerness to obtain your desired goal, you cannot wait anywhere, not even for moment.”

“Alas! Śrī Bhagavān is just nearby. Can I not go and offer Him my final praṇāma?”

“Do not lament like this. As Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha was leaving, He gave me an order regarding your departure. Therefore, this is the proper time for you to leave for another place. Otherwise, if you again meet Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha, you might change your mind and lose your determination to leave. The happiness that you will receive by seeing Him again will pacify your desire to leave, and will prevent you from fulfilling your long-cherished goal.”

It should be understood that Śrī Bhagavān Himself was advising Gopa-kumāra through Śrī Nārada.