Verse 2.4.213

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.213:

ये तु तत्-प्रतिमां नूत्नाम् अधिष्ठानां हरेर् इति ।
भेद-दृष्ट्याथ शैलादि-बुद्ध्या सम्पूजयन्ति हि ॥ २१३ ॥

ye tu tat-pratimāṃ nūtnām adhiṣṭhānāṃ harer iti |
bheda-dṛṣṭyātha śailādi-buddhyā sampūjayanti hi || 213 ||

ye–who; tu–but; tat-pratimām–His Deity form; nūtnām–new; adhiṣṭhānam–consecration; hareḥ–of Śrī Hari; iti–thus; bhedadṛṣṭyā–due to vision of differentiation; atha–then; śaila–of stone; ādi–and so on; buddhyā–with a conception; sampūjayanti–they worship; hi–indeed.

However, some people believe that because certain images of Śrī Hari are newly made, they are different from the Lord. They worship them considering them to be stone, wood, or some other material element.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra might raise the following doubt, “If this is the case, why do the Purāṇas condemn those who worship the Deity?”

To reconcile this, Nārada speaks three verses, beginning here with ye tu. He says, “Some people do not consider the Deity as the direct manifestation of Śrī Hari, but only a substitute representation or symbol of Him. In this way, they see the Deity as different from Bhagavān and made of stone, wood, or metal. Or, they worship the Deity, thinking that He is newly fabricated or is an artificial statue. These are the people condemned in the Purāṇas.”