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Godhead. Therefore devotees consider remaining in the impersonal Brahman effulgence a kind of punishment. Sometimes devotees think of merging into the Brahman effulgence, and consequently they are promoted to Siddhaloka. Because of their impersonal understanding, they are actually punished. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continues to explain the distinction between  mukti-pada  and  bhakti-pada  in the following verses.
TEXTS 264-265
কুঞ্চের  বিপ্রহ যেই  সত্য  নাহি মানে ।।
যেই নিন্দা-যুদ্ধাদিক করে তাঁর সনে ॥ ২৬৪ ॥
সেই তুইর নও হয়—‘ব্রহ্মসাযুজ্য-মুক্তি’ ।।
তার মুক্তি কল নহে, বেই করে ভক্তি ॥ ২৬৫ ॥
krṣṇera vigraha yei satya nāhi māne yei nindā-yuddhādika kare tāṅra sane
sei duira daṇḍa haya — ‘brahma-sāyujya-mukti’ tāra mukti phala nahe, yei kare bhakti
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇera —of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  vigraha —the transcendental form;  yei —anyone who;  satya —as truth;  nāhi —not;  māne —accepts;  yei —anyone who;  nindā —blaspheming;  yuddha-ādika —fighting and so forth;  kare —does;  tāṅra sane —with Him, Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  sei —these;  duira —of the two;  daṇḍa haya —there is punishment;  brahma-sāyujya-mukti —merging into the Brahman effulgence;  tāra —of him;  mukti —such liberation;  phala —the result;  nahe —not;  yei —who;  kare —executes;  bhakti —devotional service.
TRANSLATION
The Bhaṭṭācārya continued:  “The impersonalists, who do not accept the transcendental form of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and the demons, who are always engaged in blaspheming and fighting with Him, are punished by being merged into the Brahman effulgence. But that does not happen to the person engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.
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বজাপি সে মুক্তি হয় পঞ্চ-পরকার।।
সালোক্য-সামীপ্য-সান্নপ্য-সাষ্টি-সাযুজ্য আরা॥২৬৬॥