Verse 2.4.200

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.200:

वदन्ति केचिद् भगवान् हि कृष्णः सुसच्-चिद्-आनन्द-घनैक-मूर्तिः ।
स यत् परं ब्रह्म परे तु सर्वे तत्-पार्षदा ब्रह्ममया विमुक्ताः ॥ २०० ॥

vadanti kecid bhagavān hi kṛṣṇaḥ susac-cid-ānanda-ghanaika-mūrtiḥ |
sa yat paraṃ brahma pare tu sarve tat-pārṣadā brahmamayā vimuktāḥ || 200 ||

vadanti–they say; kecit–some; bhagavān–the all-opulent; hi–only; kṛṣṇaḥ–the all-attractive; su-sat-cit-ānanda–of sublime eternity, cognizance, and bliss; ghana–condensed; eka–alone; mūrtiḥ–the embodiment; saḥ–He; yat–therefore; param brahma–the Supreme Spirit; pare–the others; tu–indeed; sarve–all; tat-pārṣadāḥ–His associates; brahma-mayāḥ–spiritual; vimuktāḥ–fully liberated.

Some say that Śrī Kṛṣṇa alone is Parabrahman because He is the exclusive embodiment of perfect eternity, knowledge, and bliss, and all of His eternal associates are completely liberated souls who are also embodiments of Brahman.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Nārada has previously given his own opinion, and now he presents another opinion in two verses, beginning here with vadanti. He says, “Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s extraordinary, sac-cid-ānanda form is beautiful and sweeter than sweet. Just as Śrī Kṛṣṇa is fully Parabrahman, the Supreme Spirit, similarly all of His eternal associates such as Śrī Śeṣa and Śrī Garuḍa are also Brahman, completely spiritual.”

Gopa-kumāra might ask, “If this is the case, then what is the specialty of the eternal associates over those who have achieved liberation?” Addressing this doubt, Śrī Nārada says, “The eternal associates of the Lord are vimukta, completely liberated. This means that by having obtained the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, the Vaikuṇṭha associates are qualified for a more special type of liberation compared to those who achieve ordinary mukti.”