Verse 116.1

Sanskrit text in Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 116.1:

अथ यद् उक्तं श्री-वृन्दावनस्यैव प्रकाश-विशेषे गोलोकत्वम्, तत्र 
प्रपञ्चिक-लोकाप्रकट-लीलावकाशत्वेनावभासमान-प्रकाशो गोलोक इति 
समार्थनीयम्. प्रकट-लीलायां तसिंस् तच्-छब्द-प्रयोग-दर्शना भेदांश-
श्रवणाच् च. प्रकटाप्रकट अया लीला-भेदश् चाग्रे दर्शयितव्यः. तद् एवं 
वृन्दावन एव तस्य गोलोकाह्य-प्रकाशस्य दर्शनेनाभिव्यनक्ति

atha yad uktaṃ śrī-vṛndāvanasyaiva prakāśa-viśeṣe golokatvam, tatra 
prapañcika-lokāprakaṭa-līlāvakāśatvenāvabhāsamāna-prakāśo goloka iti 
samārthanīyam. prakaṭa-līlāyāṃ tasiṃs tac-chabda-prayoga-darśanā bhedāṃśa-
śravaṇāc ca. prakaṭāprakaṭa ayā līlā-bhedaś cāgre darśayitavyaḥ. tad evaṃ 
vṛndāvana eva tasya golokāhya-prakāśasya darśanenābhivyanakti

[Word-by-word analysis:]

atha—now; yat—which; uktam—described; śrī-vṛndāvanasya—of Śrī Vṛndāvana dhama; eva—certainly; rakāśa-viśeśe—in the specific manifestation; golokatvam—the state of being Goloka; tatra—there; prapacika—composed of the five material elements; loka—in the material world; aprakaṭ—not manifest; līla—pastimes; avakāśatvena—by the lack of opportunity; avabhāsamāna-prakāśah—manifest; golokaḥ—Goloka; iti—thus; samārthanīyam—should be established; prakaṭa-līlāyām—in the manifest pastimes; tasmin—in that; tat—that; sabda—of words; prayoga-darśanāt—because of the use; bheda-aṃśa—a part of a part; śravaṇāt—from hearing; ca—also; prakaṭa-manifest aprakaṭatayā—and unmanifest; līlā—of pastimes; bhedaḥ—distinctions; ca—also; agre—in the beginning; darśayitavyaḥ—should be revealed; tat—therefore; evam—in thsi way; vṛndāvane in Vṛndāvana; eva— certainly; tasya—of that; goloka—as Goloka; akhya—named; prakāśasya—of that which is manifest; darśanena—by the sight; abhivyanakti—is manifest.

English translation and comments:

When Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental abode is manifest in the spiritual world it is known as Goloka. In that Goloka planet the Lord enjoys aprakaṭa pastimes, which He does not display in the material world. These pastimes are different from the prakaṭa pastimes He reveals in the material world. We shall now discuss the difference between these prakaṭa and aprakaṭa pstimes, and also we shall discuss the nature of the Lord's abode in the spiritual world, known as Goloka Vṛndāvana. These topics are described in the following passage, which describes the vision of Goloka Vṛndāvana revealed to the cowherd residents of Vṛndāvana in the material world (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.28.10-17):