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Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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TBANSIATION
The ācārya replied, “When the activities of the four castes and the four āśramas are dedicated to Kṛṣṇa, they constitute the best means whereby one can attain the highest goal of life.
TEXT 257
‘পঞ্চবিধ মুক্তি’ পাঞ্জে বৈকুণ্ঠে গমন ।
‘সাধ্য-শ্রেষ্ঠ’ হম্ম--এই শাস্ত্র-নিরূপণ ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
‘pañca-vidha mukti’ pāñā vaikuṇṭhe gamana ‘sādhya-śreṣṭha’ haya,—ei śāstra-nirūpaṇa
SYNONYMS
pāñca-vidha mukti —five kinds of liberation;  pāñā —getting;  vaikuṇṭhe —in the spiritual world;  gamana —transference;  sādhya-śreṣṭha haya —is the highest achievement of the goal of life;  ei —this;  śāstra-nirūpaṇa —the verdict of all revealed scriptures.
TRANSLATION
“When one dedicates the duties of varṇāśrama-dharma to Kṛṣṇa, he is eligible for five kinds of liberation. Thus he is transferred to the spiritual world in Vaikuṇṭha. This is the highest goal of life and the verdict of all revealed scriptures.”
TEXT 258
প্রভু কহে,—শাস্ত্রে কহে প্রবণ-কীর্তন। কুষ্ণপ্রেমসেন-ফলের ‘পরম-সাধন’ ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, ——śāstre kahe śravaṇa-kīrtana kṛṣṇa-prema-sevā-phalera ‘parama-sādhana’
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said;  śāstre kahe —in the  śāstra  it is said;  śravaṇa-kīrtana —the process of chanting and hearing;  kṛṣṇa-prema-sevā —of loving service to Lord Kṛṣṇa;  phalera —of the result;  parama-sādhana —best process of achievement.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “According to the verdict of the śāstras, the process of hearing and chanting is the best means to attain loving service to Kṛṣṇa.