### CC Adi 3.18

> সার্ষ্টি, সারূপ্য, আর সামীপ্য, সালোক্য ।\
> সাযুজ্য না লয় ভক্ত যাতে ব্রহ্ম-ঐক্য ॥১৮॥

> sārṣṭi, sārūpya, āra sāmīpya, sālokya\
> sāyujya nā laya bhakta yāte brahma-aikya

*sārṣṭi*—equal opulences with the Lord; *sārūpya*—the same form as the Lord; *āra*—and; *sāmīpya*—personal association with the Lord; *sālokya*—residence on a Vaikuṇṭha planet; *sāyujya*—oneness with the Lord; *nā laya*—they do not accept; *bhakta*—devotees; *yāte*—since; *brahma-aikya*—oneness with Brahman.

**"These liberations are sārṣṭi [achieving opulences equal to those of the Lord], sārūpya [having a form the same as the Lord's], sāmīpya [living as a personal associate of the Lord] and sālokya [living on a Vaikuṇṭha planet]. Devotees never accept sāyujya, however, since that is oneness with Brahman.**

Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles mentioned in the scriptures attain these different kinds of liberation. But although such devotees can attain *sārṣṭi, sārūpya, sāmīpya* and *sālokya,* they are not concerned with these liberations, for such devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation, *sāyujya,* is never accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship. To attain *sāyujya,* or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A devotee never cares for *sāyujya* liberation.