Verse 2.4.141

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.141:

यद्-वर्णवद् यद्-आकारं रूपं भगवतोऽस्य ये ।
निज-प्रियतमत्वेन भावयन्तोऽभजन्न् इमम् ॥ १४१ ॥

yad-varṇavad yad-ākāraṃ rūpaṃ bhagavato'sya ye |
nija-priyatamatvena bhāvayanto'bhajann imam || 141 ||

yat varṇa-vat–according to color; yat ākāram–accordance with the appearance; rūpam–shape; bhagavataḥ–of the Lord; asya–His; ye–who; nija–own; priya-tamatvena–because of having qualities that endear; bhāvayantaḥ–meditating; abhajan–worshiping; imam–that.

Worshiping Śrī Vaikuṇṭha-nātha by meditating upon a particular color, shape, and appearance of the Lord that is dear to them, the devotees obtain that same form.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

All the residents of Vaikuṇṭha have the same form as Śrī Bhagavān, but still there is great variety in their shapes. Śrī Nārada explains the reason for this variegatedness in one and half verses, beginning here with yad varṇa.

He says, “Being attracted to one particular manifestation of the Lord, devotees perform their bhajana (worship) by meditating on that specific form and color of their beloved Vaikuṇṭha-nātha. Such devotees obtain sārūpya, a beautiful body similar in color, shape, and so on to that particular manifestation of Śrī Bhagavān, which may be a golden, black, white, red, or some other color.”