Verse 2.3.98

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.98:

यद्य् अस्य मत्-पितुः सम्यक् करुणा स्यात् तदा त्वया ।
श्रोष्यते महिमा तस्य गत्वा चानुभविष्यते ॥ ९८ ॥

yady asya mat-pituḥ samyak karuṇā syāt tadā tvayā |
śroṣyate mahimā tasya gatvā cānubhaviṣyate || 98 ||

yadi–if; asya–of him; mat–my; pituḥ–father; samyak–full; karuṇā–mercy; syāt–it may be; tadā–then; tvayā–by you; śroṣyate–it will be heard; mahimā–the glory; tasya–of that place; gatvā–having gone; ca–also; anubhaviṣyate–it will be experienced.

If you receive the full mercy of my father (Śrī Śiva), you will also hear the glories of the realm of Vaikuṇṭha. Then you will directly experience them by going there.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra may ask Śrī Gaṇeśa, “Can you tell me something special about the glories of that Vaikuṇṭha?”

In reply, Gaṇeśa speaks this verse beginning with yad. He says, “If you receive the full and perfect mercy of my father, you will hear the glories of Vaikuṇṭha in a special way and will also directly experience those glories by going there.”

The words ‘directly experience’ indicate the possibility that Gopakumāra will receive Śrī Śiva’s mercy. Here the word samyak, meaning ‘complete’ indicates genuine mercy, not the mercy of going to Śivaloka. Gaṇeśa concludes, “So you need not worry. My father will certainly show you his mercy.”