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Beyond Birth and Death
sāyujya-mukti , merging with the impersonal aspect, is not accepted by Vaiṣṇava devotees. A Vaiṣṇava wishes to worship God as He is and retain his separate individuality to serve Him, whereas the Māyāvādī impersonal philosopher wishes to lose his individuality and merge into the existence of the Supreme. This merging is neither recommended by Śrī Kṛṣṇa in  Bhagavad-gītā  nor by the disciplic succession of Vaiṣṇava philosophers. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu wrote on this subject in His  Śikṣāṣṭakam :
na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatādbhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
“O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life—birth after birth.” ( Śikṣāṣṭakam , 4)
Here Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu refers to “birth after birth.” When there is birth after birth, there is no liberation. In liberation either one attains the spiritual planets or merges into the existence of the Supreme—in either case, there is no question of rebirth into the material world. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu doesn’t care whether He is liberated or not: His only concern is to be engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to serve the Supreme Lord. The devotee doesn’t care where he is, nor does he care whether he is born in the animal society, human society, demigod society or whatever—he only prays to God