Verse 2.4.220

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.4.220:

कृपया कृष्ण-भक्तानां प्रक्षिणाशेष-दुषणाः ।
कालेन कियता तेऽपि भवन्ति परमोत्तमाः ॥ २२० ॥

kṛpayā kṛṣṇa-bhaktānāṃ prakṣiṇāśeṣa-duṣaṇāḥ |
kālena kiyatā te'pi bhavanti paramottamāḥ || 220 ||

kṛpayā–by the mercy; kṛṣṇa–of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; bhaktānām–of the devotees; prakṣīṇa–eradicated; aśeṣa–all; dūṣaṇāḥ–faults; kālena kiyatā–after some time; te–they; api–also; bhavanti–become; parama-uttamāḥ–great souls.

By the mercy of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s devotees, who acknowledge only the good qualities of others, all the defects of those Deity worshipers will shortly be eradicated, and they will be counted as high-class devotees in due time.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

Śrī Gopa-kumāra may ask, “How will they become great devotees if they commit the offense of disrespecting Vaiṣṇavas?” Śrī Nārada speaks this verse beginning with kṛpayā to point out that such worshipers are freed of their shortcomings and become elevated very quickly by the grace of great personalities, meaning Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.

Gopa-kumāra could object, “But one sees that all great saintly personalities simply neglect those who commit offences unto the Vaiṣṇavas.” Therefore, Śrī Nārada says, “It is the nature of Vaiṣṇavas to acknowledge only the virtues of others. Since the Vaiṣṇavas see Bhagavān everywhere, they see only the good qualities of the Deity worshipers. Therefore, what to speak of punishing the offenders, these great souls rather shower mercy on them.”