Verse 2.4.239

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.239:

इतोऽदूरेऽयोध्या विलसति पुरी श्री-रघुपतेस् ततो दूरे श्रीमन्-मधुर-मधु-पुर्यैव सादृशी ।
पुरी द्वारावत्य् उल्लसति दयिता श्री-यदुपतेस् तम् एवास्यां गत्वा निज-दयित-देवं भज दृशा ॥ २३९ ॥

ito'dūre'yodhyā vilasati purī śrī-raghupates tato dūre śrīman-madhura-madhu-puryaiva sādṛśī |
purī dvārāvaty ullasati dayitā śrī-yadupates tam evāsyāṃ gatvā nija-dayita-devaṃ bhaja dṛśā || 239 ||

itaḥ–from here; adūre–not far; ayodhyā–Ayodhyā; vilasati–shines; purī–the city; śrī-raghu-pateḥ–of Śrī Rāma, Lord of the Raghu dynasty; tataḥ–from there; dūre–far; śrīmat-madhura–beautiful and delightful; madhu-puryā–to the city of Mathurā; iva–like; sadṛśī–similar; purī–the city; dvārāvatī–of Dvārakā; ullasati–shines; dayitā–dear; śrī-yadu-pateḥ–to the Lord of the Yadus; tam–Him; eva–indeed; asyām–in that place; gatvā–having gone; nija-dayita-devam–your own beloved Lord; bhaja–worship; dṛśā–with your eyes.

A short distance from here is the city of Ayodhyā, where Śrī Raghupati resides. Some distance from there is Dvārakā-purī, which, like Śrī Mathurā-purī, is supremely beautiful and effulgent. This place is very dear to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the Yadus. Go there and have the direct darśana of your beloved Lord.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

In the next eight verses, starting here with itaḥ, Śrī Nārada describes to Gopa-kumāra the way to get direct darśana of his worshipable Deity.

He says, “The Lord of the Raghu dynasty, Raghupati Śrī Rāmacandra’s especially beautiful city of Ayodhyā is just a short distance from this Śrī Nārāyaṇa-purī in Vaikuṇṭha. Some distance from Ayodhyā is Yadupati Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s beloved city named Dvārāvatī. What is that city like? It is like Śrī Madhupurī, the city of Śrī Mathurā.”

According to the statements of Śrī Vikadru, mentioned in Śrī Harivaṃśa, Dvārakā is a special region of Mathurā only, and therefore the Yādavas of Mathurā live there. Nārada says, “In attaining Dvārakā, one also attains Mathurā. Therefore, go to Dvārāvatī and receive direct darśana of your worshipable Deity, Śrī Yadupati, and serve Him with love.”