s1avataranika
jāta-bhakti-sukhānāṁ tu mokṣa-sukhānāṁ mokṣa-spṛhā svata eva nāstīty āha—śrī-kṛṣṇeti |
jāta-bhakti-sukhānāṁfor those in whom the happiness of devotion has already arisen genitive plural; jāta 'born, arisen' + bhakti-sukha 'the joy of devotion'
tubut, whereas — marking the contrast (these people, as against others) contrastive particle
mokṣa-sukhānāṁas for the happiness that liberation offers genitive plural, the object of the (absent) longing
mokṣa-spṛhāa longing for liberation nominative — the subject of nāsti
svata evaon its own, all by itself — naturally, without needing anything to suppress it svataḥ 'of itself' + eva 'precisely'
nāstidoes not exist, is simply not there na + asti
iti āhathis is what he (Rūpa) says (in the words that follow) iti closes the paraphrase; āha 'he says'
śrī-kṛṣṇa itinamely, the verse beginning 'śrī-kṛṣṇa…' pratīka — quoting the verse by its first word
jāta-bhakti-sukhānāṁ tu bhaktānām — but for devotees in whom devotional joy has arisen; mokṣa-sukhānām (viṣaye) — regarding the joy of liberation; mokṣa-spṛhā — a longing for liberation; svataḥ eva — of its own accord; nāsti — does not exist; iti āha śrī-kṛṣṇa iti — this he states in the verse beginning 'śrī-kṛṣṇa'
Mukunda sets up the verse. He says: but for those who have already tasted the happiness of devotion, a longing for the happiness of liberation is simply not there, all on its own. Note the two happinesses he contrasts: the joy of devotion, which they already have, and the joy liberation would offer, which they do not want. And note 'on its own' — the point is not that they fight down the wish; the wish just never forms. To say this, Mukunda tells us, Rūpa speaks the verse beginning 'śrī-kṛṣṇa.'
jāta: 'born, arisen, already come about.' svataḥ eva here is the load-bearing word: the absence of the longing is natural and effortless, not the result of suppression or vow.
s2gloss
kadāpi bhagavatā tad-dānādi-kāle’pi ||
kadāpiexplaining the verse's 'na kadācit' (never): not even ever, at any moment at all kadā 'when' + api 'even'; glossing kadācit from the mūla
bhagavatāeven by the Lord himself — i.e. when he is the one offering it instrumental of agent
tad-dāna-ādi-kāle apieven at the very time of his giving that (liberation), and the like locative of time; tad 'that (= mokṣa)' + dāna 'giving' + ādi 'and so on' + kāle 'at the time'; api 'even'
kadāpi (iti) — (the word) 'ever' (means): bhagavatā tad-dāna-ādi-kāle api — even at the time when the Lord himself is giving that liberation, and so on
Mukunda now sharpens one word of the verse, 'never.' How strong is that 'never'? This strong: the longing does not arise even at the moment the Lord himself is holding out liberation. Picture the hardest test — Kṛṣṇa personally offers release, right there — and still no wish for it stirs. The 'and the like' extends this to any comparable moment. So 'never' is not loose talk; it holds even in the one situation where you would most expect the wish to appear.
bhagavatā (instrumental of agent) carries the whole force: the giver is not some lesser power but the Lord in person, which is why this is the strongest possible case of 'never.'