Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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TRANSLATION
“These are the characteristics of transcendental loving service to Puruṣottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: it is causeless, and it cannot be obstructed in any way.”
TEXT 207
সালোক্য-সাষ্টি-সারূপ্য-সামীপ্যেক্ষমপ্যুত। দীঘমানং ন গৃহস্তি বিনা মৎসেবনং জনা: ॥ ২০৭ ॥
sālokya-sārṣṭi-sārūpya- sāmīpyaikatvam apy uta dīyamānam na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanam janāḥ
SYNONYMS
sālokya —being on the same planet as Me;  sārṣṭi —having opulence equal to Mine;  sārūpya —having the same form as Me;  sāmīpya —having direct association with Me;  ekatvam —oneness with Me;  api —even;  uta —or;  dīyamānam —being given;  na —not;  gṛhṇanti —accept;  vinā —without;  mat-sevanam —My service;  janāḥ —the devotees.
TRANSLATION
“My devotees do not accept  sālokya ,  sārṣṭi ,  sārūpya ,  sāmīpya  or  oneness  with Me—even if I offer these liberations—in preference to serving Me.”
PURPORT
These three verses from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (3.29.11-13) were spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the form of Kapiladeva.
TEXT 208
মৎসেবয়া প্রতীতং তে সালোক্যাসি-চতুষ্ট্রযম্। নেচ্ছস্তি সেবয়া পূর্ণা: কুতোহল্লৎ কালবিপ্লুতম্ ॥ ২০৮ ॥
mat-sevayā pratītam te sālokyādi-catuṣṭayam necchanti sevayā pūrṇāḥ kuto 'nyat kāla-viplutam
SYNONYMS
mat —of Me;  sevayā —by service;  pratītam —obtained;  te —they;  sālokya-ādi —liberation, beginning with  sālokya ;  catuṣṭayam —four kinds of;  na icchanti —do not desire;  sevayā —by service;  pūrṇāḥ —complete;  kutaḥ —where;  anyat —other things;  kāla-viplutam —which are lost in time.