Verse 2.4.140

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.140:

एते हि सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-रूपाः श्री-कृष्ण-पार्षदाः ।
विचित्र-सेवानन्दाय तत्-तद्-रूपाणि बिभ्रति ॥ १४० ॥

ete hi sac-cid-ānanda-rūpāḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-pārṣadāḥ |
vicitra-sevānandāya tat-tad-rūpāṇi bibhrati || 140 ||

ete–they; hi–indeed; sat–eternality; cit–cognizance; ānanda–and felicity; rūpāḥ–bodies; śrī-kṛṣṇa–of Lord Kṛṣṇa; pārṣadāḥ–the associates; vicitra–variegated; sevā–service; ānandāya–for tasting pleasure; tat-tat–their respective; rūpāṇi–forms; bibhrati–they accept.

All these living entities are Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s eternal associates and, indeed, their forms are sac-cid-ānanda. They have taken these bodies to taste the joy of the Lord’s service in a variety of wonderful ways.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Nārada says, “All these living entities are Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pārṣadas, eternal associates, and their forms are spiritual–the embodiments of eternality, knowledge, and bliss. They have assumed these bodies as animals and birds. Why? In order to taste the varieties of extraordinary bliss in service.” Śrī Brahmā has explained this in the Third Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the description of Śrī Vaikuṇṭha. Here, Śrī Nārada removes any doubt that the birds, bumblebees, trees, and creepers in Vaikuṇṭha belong to species in the mode of ignorance.