348 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6

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. Sarvabhauma Bhat-
tacarya continues to explain the distinction between mukti-pada and bhakti-pada
in the following verses.

TEXTS 264-265

aca fae caz aes ale ANA |

AS farw-guifts aca Sia Fa WV Av8 I
AS 98a Hy BA—AMATT-ALS’ |

SiF Als Bq ACB, CAS aA Sf I ave i

krsnera vigraha yei satya nahi mane
yei ninda-yuddhdadika kare tarira sane

sei duira danda haya—— ‘brahma-sayujya-mukti’
tara mukti phala nahe, yei kare bhakti

SYNONYMS

krsnera—of Lord Sri Krsna; vigraha—the transcendental form; yei—anyone
who; satya—as truth; nahi—not; mane—accepts; yei—anyone who; nindé—
blaspheming; yuddha-adika—fighting and so forth; kare—does; tanra sane—with
Him, Sri Krsna; sei—these; duira—of the two; danda haya—there is punishment;
brahma-sayujya-mukti—merging into the Brahman effulgence; taéra—of him;
mukti—such liberation; phala—the result; nahe—not; yei—who; kare—exe-
cutes; bhakti—devotional service.

TRANSLATION

The Bhattécarya continued: “The impersonalists, who do not accept the
transcendental form of Lord Sri Krsna, 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.

TEXT 266
HOP cH ALS Vy AB-HASIA |
ACAI AT-M HATA MIST SAU
