Verse 2.4.48

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.48:

अतस् तेऽन्योन्यम् एकत्वं गता अपि पृथग्-विधः ।
तत्-स्थानं स विमानौघस् तत्रत्यं सर्वम् ईदृशम् ॥ ४८ ॥

atas te'nyonyam ekatvaṃ gatā api pṛthag-vidhaḥ |
tat-sthānaṃ sa vimānaughas tatratyaṃ sarvam īdṛśam || 48 ||

ataḥ–thus; te–they; anyonyam–together; ekatvam–oneness in spiritual quality; gatāḥ–attained; api–although; pṛthag-vidhāḥ–of different kinds; tat-sthānam–that place; saḥ–that; vimāna-oghaḥ–the multitude of airplanes; tatratyam–located there; sarvam–all; īdṛśam–such.

Although the residents of Vaikuṇṭha are all equal to one another, they appear in different forms. Similarly, even though the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, its airplanes, and all its other paraphernalia are embodiments of concentrated Brahman, everything appears in different forms for the sake of the Lord’s pastimes.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “In keeping with the Lord’s pastimes, although the Vaikuṇṭha residents are identical to one another because of their being embodiments of eternity, knowledge, and bliss, still they appear in different forms. The forms they have assumed (i.e. their bodies), their residences, the airplanes, and all the objects in Vaikuṇṭha are all homogeneous, or one in nature (eka-rūpa), in that they are all embodiments of transcendence (Brahman). Nevertheless, they appear in different forms. Therefore, all the Vaikuṇṭha residents are one in that they are sac-cid-ānanda, concentrated Brahman, but corresponding to the pastimes of Bhagavān, they have many varieties of forms.”