Verse 2.4.263

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.263:

श्री-भगवान् उवाच—
भो गोप-नन्दन सुहृत्तम साधु साधु स्नेहं विधाय भवता विजयं कृतोऽत्र ।
विश्रम्यताम् अलम् अलं बहुभिः प्रायसैर् एतैर् न दुःखय चिरं निज-बान्धवं माम् ॥ २६३ ॥

śrī-bhagavān uvāca—
bho gopa-nandana suhṛttama sādhu sādhu snehaṃ vidhāya bhavatā vijayaṃ kṛto'tra |
viśramyatām alam alaṃ bahubhiḥ prāyasair etair na duḥkhaya ciraṃ nija-bāndhavaṃ mām || 263 ||

śrī-bhagavān uvāca–the Supreme Lord said; bhoḥ–O; gopanandana–son of a cowherd; suhṛt-tama–O best of friends; sādhu sādhu–excellent!; sneham vidhāya–showing love; bhavatā–by you; vijayaḥ kṛtaḥ–well done; atra–here; viśramyatām–just rest; alam alam–enough; bahubhiḥ–with so much; prayāsaiḥ–endeavors; etaiḥ–these; na–not; duḥkhaya–taking pain; ciram–long time; nija-bāndhavam–your own friend; mām–Me.

Śrī Bhagavān said: O Gopa-kumāra! O best of friends! Sādhu, sādhu! (Excellent, excellent!) It is a matter of great auspiciousness that out of love for Me you have come here. Now take rest and do not trouble yourself with things like offering obeisances–I am your very old friend.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Two verses, beginning here with bho, tell how Bhagavān Śrī Rāma showered Śrī Gopa-kumāra with His soft, nectarean words. Śrī Bhagavān said, “O best friend, your arrival in Ayodhyā is very pleasing. To show Me your affection, you have finally come here. Sādhu! Sādhu! (Bravo! Bravo!) This is an auspicious event.” Expressing His jubilation, the Lord has repeated the word sādhu twice. “So, give up your efforts to wander here and there and peacefully stay here only. Also, kindly stop offering obeisances. Indeed, I am completely satisfied merely by your arrival here.” Nevertheless, Gopa-kumāra continued to offer obeisances. Then Śrī Bhagavān said, “Do not distress yourself or Me by offering obeisances. I am your bosom friend.”