Verse 2.4.212

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.212:

कदापि कृष्ण-प्रतिमार्चनवतां न सम्भवेत् कृष्ण-परेष्व् अनादरः ।
घटेत चेत् कर्ह्य् अपि तद्-विषक्तितो गृणन्ति नागस् तद् अमी स्तवन्त्य् अथ ॥ २१२ ॥

kadāpi kṛṣṇa-pratimārcanavatāṃ na sambhavet kṛṣṇa-pareṣv anādaraḥ |
ghaṭeta cet karhy api tad-viṣaktito gṛṇanti nāgas tad amī stavanty atha || 212 ||

kadā api–at any time; kṛṣṇa–of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; pratimā–Deity; arcana-vatām–of those who worship; na–not; sambhavet–it may be possible; kṛṣṇa-pareṣu–towards those devoted to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; anādaraḥ–disrespect; ghaṭeta–it may be; cet–if; karhi api–somehow; tad–to Him; viṣaktitaḥ–due to devotion; gṛṇanti–they proclaim; na–not; āgaḥ–sin; tat–that; amī–they; stuvanti–praise; atha–thereafter.

It is quite impossible for those engaged in offering pūjā to the Deity of Śrī Kṛṣṇa to ever disrespect any devotee. Even if they accidentally neglect the Vaiṣṇavas due to being absorbed in their Deity worship, the Vaiṣṇavas will never take offence, but rather will praise them.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

One might fear that if one commits an offence to Vaiṣṇavas, he will not get the result of his worship of Bhagavān. To address this doubt, Śrī Nārada speaks this verse beginning with kadāpi. He says, “What to speak of those who worship the Deity of Śrī Kṛṣṇa as directly Bhagavān Himself, even those who consider Him just a statue and worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa through the Deity will never disrespect or neglect the Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Kṛṣṇa. This is because they naturally develop affection for all devotees through their practices of devotional service. A person might accidentally disrespect a Vaiṣṇava when he is absorbed in his Deity worship, but the Vaiṣṇavas do not take offence. Rather, they are pleased to see his attachment to the Deity and they praise and glorify him.”