Verse 2.4.256

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.256:

प्रासाद-मुख्येऽखिल-माधुरी-मये सम्राज्य-सिंहासनम् आस्थितं सुखम् ।
हृष्टं महा-पूरुष-लक्षणान्वितं नारायणेनोपमितं कथञ्चन ॥ २५६ ॥

prāsāda-mukhye'khila-mādhurī-maye samrājya-siṃhāsanam āsthitaṃ sukham |
hṛṣṭaṃ mahā-pūruṣa-lakṣaṇānvitaṃ nārāyaṇenopamitaṃ kathañcana || 256 ||

prāsāda-mukhye–in the chief palace; akhila-mādhurī-maye–endowed with all sublime attributes; sāmrājya–imperial; siṃha-āsanam–lion throne; āsthitam–sitting; sukham–comfortably; hṛṣṭam–happy; mahā-pūruṣa–of a great personality; lakṣaṇa-anvitam–having the signs; nārāyaṇena–Lord Nārāyaṇa; upamitam–resembling; kathañcana–somewhat.

In the middle of an exquisitely beautiful palace, He was joyfully seated on an enchanting throne, befitting an emperor of emperors. He was adorned with all the qualities of a great personality and was in a happy mood. Thus, He seemed somewhat like Śrī Nārāyaṇa.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

In two verses, beginning here with prāsāda, Śrī Gopa-kumāra describes the Lord’s wonderful opulence. He says, “The ever-blissful Bhagavān Śrī Rāmacandra was comfortably seated on a royal throne, which was fit for the emperor of all exalted kings. His moon-like face was always joyful, and He was endowed with the symptoms of a mahā-puruṣa: ‘vyūḍhorasko vṛṣa-skandhaḥ śāla-prāṃśur mahā-bhujaḥ–a broad chest, shoulders of a bull, and arms extending to His knees.’ Therefore, no one can fully describe His sweetness.”

Still, one might request Gopa-kumāra, “Kindly attempt to describe some of His specialties.” Gopa-kumāra replies, “One can compare Him to Vaikuṇṭha-nātha Śrī Nārāyaṇa only to some degree, not completely. He was similar to Śrī Nārāyaṇa only in the loveliness of His limbs and His age, complexion, and ornaments.”