Verse 2.1.215

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.215:

शोक-दुःखातुरं रात्रौ शयानं मां महा-प्रभुः ।
इदम् आज्ञापयाम् आस पर-दुःखेन कातरः ॥ २१५ ॥

śoka-duḥkhāturaṃ rātrau śayānaṃ māṃ mahā-prabhuḥ |
idam ājñāpayām āsa para-duḥkhena kātaraḥ || 215 ||

śoka–of grief; duḥkha–by distress; āturam–tormented; rātrau–at night; śayānam–fell asleep; mām–me; mahā-prabhuḥ–Śrī Jagannātha-deva; idam–this; ājñāpayām āsa–gave an order; para–of others; duḥkhena–by my suffering; kātaraḥ–pained.

After hearing those descriptions, I was tormented by distress and grief, and fell asleep that night. As I was sleeping, Śrī Jagannāthadeva, who is pained by the suffering of others, gave me the following order.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “After hearing those narrations, I was tormented at heart by sorrow and anguish, and so I went to sleep. In a dream, Śrī Jagannātha-deva, who is pained by the distress of others, commanded me as follows.”

The order begins in this verse with the word idam and continues through the next three verses. Here, para-duḥkha kātara means “He who is anguished and compelled by the distress of others, even of His enemies.” In other words, the Lord cannot tolerate anyone’s distress.