Text 34]
The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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wait for some time in its individuality, in the presence of all the demigods.
Krṣṇa is the full effulgence, and every living being is part and parcel of that effulgence. As proved here, the effulgence in every living being is individual. For some time, the effulgence remained outside the demon's body, individually, and did not mix with the whole effulgence, the  brahmajyoti . The Brahman effulgence is not visible to material eyes, but to prove that every living being is individual, Krṣṇa had this individual effulgence stay outside the demon's body for some time, for everyone to see. Then Krṣṇa proved that anyone killed by Him attains liberation, whether  sāyujya ,  sārūpya ,  sāmīpya  or whatever.
But the liberation of those who are on the transcendental platform of love and affection is  vimukti , special liberation. Thus the serpent first entered the body of Krṣṇa personally and mixed with the Brahman effulgence. This merging is called  sāyujya-mukti . But from later verses we find that Aghāsura attained  sārūpya-mukti . Text 38 explains that Aghāsura attained a body exactly like that of Viṣṇu, and the verse after that also clearly states that he attained a completely spiritual body like that of Nārāyaṇa. Therefore in two or three places the  Bhāgavatam  has confirmed that Aghāsura attained  sārūpya-mukti . One may then argue, How is it that he mixed with the Brahman effulgence? The answer is that as Jaya and Vijaya, after three births, again attained  sārūpya-mukti  and association with the Lord, Aghāsura received a similar liberation.
TEXT 34
ततोऽतिहृष्टाः स्वकृतोऽकृतार्हणं
पुष्पैः सुगा अप्सरसश्च नर्तनैः ।
गीतैः सुरा वाद्यधराश्च वाद्यकैः
स्तवैश्च विप्रा जयनिःस्वनैर्गणाः ॥३४॥
tato 'tihṛṣṭāḥ sva-kṛto 'kṛtārhaṇaṁ
puṣpaiḥ sugā apsarasaś ca nartanaiḥ
gītaiḥ surā vādya-dharāś ca vādyakaiḥ
stavaiś ca vīprā jaya-niḥsvanair gaṇāḥ
tataḥ —thereafter;  ati-hṛṣṭāḥ —everyone becoming very much pleased;  sva-kṛtaḥ —own respective duty;  akṛta —executed;  arhaṇam —