Adi-lila, Chapter 3 175

TRANSLATION

“By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and veneration, one may
go to Vaikuntha and attain the four kinds of liberation.

TEXT 18

AAR, A ALAA, ATCO |
ANAS A ML SS ANTS SHAN Ut Se I

sarsti, saripya, ara samipya, salokya
sayujya na laya bhakta yate brahma-aikya

SYNONYMS

sarsti—equal opulences with the Lord; sdrapya—the same form as the Lord; dra—
and; samipya—personal association with the Lord; sa/okya—residence on a Vaikuntha
planet; sdyujya—oneness with the Lord; nd /aya—they do not accept; bhakta—
devotees; yate—since; brahma-aikya—oneness with Brahman.

TRANSLATION

“These liberations are sarsti [achieving opulences equal to those of the Lord],
saripya [having a form the same as the Lord’s], samipya [living as a personal
associate of the Lord] and salokya [living on a Vaikuntha planet]. Devotees never
accept sayujya, however, since that is oneness with Brahman.

PURPORT

Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic principles men-
tioned in the scriptures attain these different kinds of liberation. But although such
devotees can attain sarsti, sarupya, samipya and salokya, they are not concerned
with these liberations, for such devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcen-
dental loving service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation, s@yujya, is never
accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship. To attain sdyujya,
or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A devotee never cares for s@yujya liberation.

TEXT 19
Bes La6ay ata-nLaVSA |
btfa Sta-ofe fea ator Gea i 50

yuga-dharma pravartaimu ndma-sahkirtana
cari bhava-bhakti diya nacamu bhuvana
