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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 4]
PURPORT
Those who are associated with the Lord in the Vaikuṇṭha planets achieve all the bodily features of the Lord and appear to be the same as Lord Viṣṇu. Such liberation is called  sārūpya-mukti , which is one of the five kinds of liberation. The devotees engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord never accept the  sāyujya-mukti , or merging in the rays of the Lord called the  brahmajyoti . The devotees can achieve not only liberation but any success in the realm of religiosity, economic development or sense gratification up to the standard of the demigods in the heavenly planets. But such a pure devotee as Uddhava refuses to accept all such facilities. A pure devotee wants simply to engage in the service of the Lord and does not consider his own personal benefit.
TEXT 16
कर्माण्यनीहस्य भवोऽभवस्य ते दुर्गाश्रयोऽथारिभयात्पलायनम् । कालात्मनो यत्प्रमदायुताश्रमः स्वात्मन्रतेः विद्यति धीर्विदामिह ॥१६॥
karmāṇy anīhasya bhavo 'bhavasya te durgāśrayo 'thāri-bhayāt palāyanam kālātmano yat pramadā-yutāśrayaḥ svātman-rateḥ khidyati dhīr vidām iha
karmāṇi —activities;  anīhasya —of one who has no desire;  bhavaḥ —birth;  abhavasya —of one who is never born;  te —your;  durga-āśrayaḥ —taking shelter of the fort;  atha —thereafter;  ari-bhayāt —out of fear of the enemies;  palāyanam —flee;  kālā-ātmanaḥ —of He who is the controller of eternal time;  yat —that;  pramadā-yuta —in the association of women;  āśramaḥ —household life;  sva-ātman —by Your own Self;  rateḥ —one who enjoys;  khidyati —disturbs;  dhīḥ —intelligence;  vidām —of the learned;  iha —in this world.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, even the learned sages become disturbed in their intelligence when they see that Your Greatness engages in fruitive work although You are free from all desires, that You take birth although You are unborn, that You flee out of fear of the enemy and take shelter in a fort although You are the controller of invincible time, and that You enjoy householder life surrounded by many women although You enjoy in Your Self.