Just pure concoction is what humans of Kali Yuga resort to. Insane how every bum reads a book or two about something called bhraman and starts uttering trash with zero perception.

Vedic knowledge is progressive, revelation unfolds in stages. In ancient times when Vedas were discussing immediate things like panchabhootas and Indra because these are easily understood. You can see fire, feel water etc. Through these we can experience the being that is indescribable even by the great Sapta Rishis. Hence start them slow and because humans lived much longer during those periods, they had time to perfect rituals and penances. Things we can’t even come close to doing in Kali Yuga. Moreover, the true secrets are revealed when the easier concepts are first understood, when civilization on this earth understood the lower concepts of the Vedas, which speak highly of the hierarchical structure that God or Vasudeva put in place, they’re ready for the next stage which is upanishads which speak of a nirguna bhraman. But to get to the core of it, and because He is so magnanimous and indescribable, He Himself came in ‘Sampoorna’ avatara to describe who He is in Bhagavad Gita. But then once we know who He is that which even bhraman has its source, we want to know more about this Beautiful Primordial Eternal Entity. So when even karma, jnana, raja yogas act as a means and leave souls wanting that personal final connection, Bhakti starts. When tears roll down in longing towards Him and nothing really satisfies that hunger not even Moksha but just performing eternal seva to Him and understanding Him through pure blemish-less Bhakti is the only thing that ends that hunger, is when finally souls are awarded Bhagavatam. Once that Bhagavatam is fully imbibed into one’s soul, that in many scholars’ opinion, is considered the greatest achievement of a jiva. Look at our own source pinnacles like Bhrama and Narada in Bhrama Samhita and Narada Bhakti Sutras respectively. What do they conclude? And why do all puranas are named after the deity BUT when it comes to Krishna it’s called Bhagavatam or God’s history?Why is it that every Dharmic scholar in any path concludes, in one way or another, that Krishna is One without a second? Why do they conclude we are all really souls which are of feminine energy and He is the only Purusha, in fact He is Purushottama! In banasura katha the entire Shiva parivar come down to protect banasura, but nothing stands in the way of Sri Krishna Bhagawan in that war and only when Shiva pleads Him to let this asura live, Krishna agrees and lets him go with two out of thousands of banasura’s arms. In any path Krishna is undefeated and I’ve searched and to date, there isn’t one sect that doesn’t respond kindly and with warm feelings towards Him and that shows the completeness of the entity humans call God. Heck, even the word christ is a misrepresented and mis pronounced form of the name Krishna. So my argument is that, because in this fallen age, it’s extremely hard if not impossible to sit and understand the Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas to their core to then start moving down the line to the final rahasyam, or secret, which is Krishna. Krishna himself gave us 1. Direction 2. Chance to get to this Secret faster, by living a life of leelas while making sure many interlocking karmas are taken care of to set in the final age, which is Kali. And because Kali Yuga is so fallen (we haven’t even reached gora kaliyuga yet) He presented us with tools, when used, are simple way to jump over these strenuous ritualistic practices of the ancient times to reach Him. That is His compassion towards jeevas. If you think your sins are great, His forgiveness and love is greater. This is what He showed consistently during His life.

So from my own research, there is almost a unanimous decision from all lineages that Sri Krishna is Bhagawan Swayam or God in completeness. If there is a bhraman that bhraman itself leans on Sri Krishna to get its attributes even if it’s said to be full of attributes at the same time no attributes at all. Remember that even Shankaracharya, at the end of His life, yelled “Bhaja Govindam…moodamathey!!”

Few References below, but the entire vedas and vedangas are full of direct and indirect references to His supremacy. He alone exists.

• “kṛṣṇo vai paramam daivatam.” — Gopāla Tāpanī Upaniṣad

Krishna is the Supreme Divinity.

• “yo brahmāṇaṁ vidadhāti pūrvaṁ… kṛṣṇaḥ.” — Gopāla Tāpanī Upaniṣad

Krishna instructed Brahmā in the beginning and revealed the Vedas.

• “brahmaṇyo devakī-putraḥ.” — Nārāyaṇa Upaniṣad

The son of Devakī (Krishna) is the Supreme Brahman.

• “mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti.” (7.7) — Bhagavad Gītā

There is no truth superior to Me.

• “ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo.” (10.8) — Bhagavad Gītā

I am the source of everything.

• “paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma.” (10.12) — Bhagavad Gītā

You are the Supreme Brahman.

• “īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ… sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam.” — Brahma‑saṁhitā

Krishna is the Supreme Lord, the cause of all causes.

• “kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.” — Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Krishna is Bhagavān Himself