Verse 2.1.118

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.118:

गाढम् आश्लिष्यति प्रेम्णा सर्वाङ्गेषु स-चुम्बनम् ।
परित्यक्तुं न शक्नोति मादृशान् प्रिय-बन्धुवत् ॥ ११८ ॥

gāḍham āśliṣyati premṇā sarvāṅgeṣu sa-cumbanam |
parityaktuṃ na śaknoti mādṛśān priya-bandhuvat || 118 ||

gāḍham–tightly; āśliṣyati–he would embrace; premṇā–lovingly; sarva–all; aṅgeṣu–limbs; sa-cumbanam–with kissing; parityaktum–to give up; na–not; śaknoti–was able; mādṛśān–such as us; priyabandhuvat–like a beloved friend.

Sometimes, he would tightly embrace us and lovingly kiss us all over. Considering us like his beloved friends, it would become difficult for him to easily give up our company.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Here, the word mādṛśa means ‘a form similar to mine.’ It can also mean–and this is the intention of Gopa-kumāra–‘a form similar to the brāhmaṇa’s worshipable Deity, Śrī Madanagopāla.’ Priya-bandhu denotes having the loving sentiment and affection of a father or other senior relative. In other words, we see in mundane dealings that if an elder brother meets a dear younger brother after a long absence in a distant place, he will exhibit loving behavior by embracing his younger brother and so on. Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In that mood of a priya-bandhu, the brāhmaṇa would embrace us, treating us as if we were his beloved friends. Thus, it would become difficult for him to easily extricate himself from our company.” The term priyabandhu can also convey the idea that, “Just as when an exalted devotee sees his beloved friend, Śrī Bhagavān, he exhibits deep affection for Him, so in the same way, the brāhmaṇa behaved lovingly towards us.”