Verse 2.4.189

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.189:

उपासनानुसारेण दत्ते हि भगवान् फलम् ।
न तत्रापरितोषः स्यात् कस्यचित् साध्य-लाभतः ॥ १८९ ॥

upāsanānusāreṇa datte hi bhagavān phalam |
na tatrāparitoṣaḥ syāt kasyacit sādhya-lābhataḥ || 189 ||

upāsanā–with the worship; anusāreṇa–in accordance; datte–He gives; hi–indeed; bhagavān–the Lord; phalam–the fruit; na–not; tatra–there; aparitoṣaḥ–dissatisfaction; syāt–there can be; kasyacit–of anyone; sādhya–the goal, or attainment; lābhataḥ–from the reward.

Śrī Bhagavān bestows the appropriate result to everyone according to their particular mode of worship. Upon attaining that reward of perfection, no one feels dissatisfied.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might raise the doubt, “Śrī Bhagavān is the crest jewel of all the omniscient personalities, and He is supremely kind. Why then does He not distribute the best happiness to all of His servants equally?”

To address this, Śrī Nārada speaks this verse beginning with upāsanā. He says, “Śrī Bhagavān grants results according to the mood in which the devotees worship Him.” In other words, in whatever mood a devotee worships the Lord, in that same mood the Lord grants him the appropriate result.

Gopa-kumāra might ask, “If there is gradation, one servitor would receive less happiness and another more. Therefore, will some of them not feel dissatisfied?”

Nārada replies, “When one worships the Lord with a particular desire, then upon the maturity of his bhajana, he receives the desired result. Thus, each and every devotee receives the service he prays for. No one is discontent or displeased at heart with either his desired goal or with the happiness that Bhagavān bestows.”