Text 269] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 351

SYNONYMS

brahme—in the Brahman effulgence; isvare—in the body of the Lord; sdyu-
jya—merging; dui—two; ta’—indeed; prakdra—varieties; brahma-sdyujya—
merging into the Brahman effulgence; haite—than; isvara-sdyujya—merging into
the body of the Lord; dhikkara—more abominable.

TRANSLATION

Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya continued: ‘‘There are two kinds of sayujya-muk-
ti: merging into the Brahman effulgence and merging into the personal body
of the Lord. Merging into the Lord’s body is even more abominable than
merging into His effulgence.”

PURPORT

According to the opinion of the Mayavadi Vedantists, the living entity's ulti-
mate success is to merge into the impersonal Brahman. The impersonal Brahman,
or bodily effulgence of the Supreme Lord, is known as Brahmaloka or Siddhaloka.
According to Brahma-samhita (5.40), yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti:
the material universes are generated from the bodily rays of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. Yogis who follow the principles of Patafijali accept the per-
sonality of the Absolute Truth, but they want to merge into the transcendental
body of the Supreme Lord. That is their desire. Being the greatest authority, the
Supreme Lord can easily allow many millions of living entities to merge into His
body. The origin of everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan,
and His bodily effulgence is known as the brahmajyoti, Brahmaloka or Siddhaloka.
Thus Brahmaloka or Siddhaloka is a place where many sparklike living entities,
parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, are assembled. Because these living entities
do not wish to keep their individual existences, they are combined and allowed to
remain in Brahmaloka like so many atomic particles of sunshine emanating from
the sun.

The word siddha is very significant. Siddha refers to one who has realized the
Brahman effulgence and who has complete knowledge that the living entity is not
a material atom but a spiritual spark. This understanding is described in Bhagavad-
gita as brahma-bhita. In the conditioned state, the living entity is known as jiva-
bhdta, or “the living force within matter.” Brahma-bhdta living entities are allowed
to stay in Brahmaloka or Siddhaloka, but unfortunately they sometimes again fall
into the material world because they are not engaged in devotional service. This is
supported by Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.32): ye ‘nye ‘ravindaksa. These semi-liber-
ated souls falsely claim to be liberated, but unless one engages in devotional ser-
vice to the Lord, he is still materially contaminated. Therefore these living entities
have been described as vimukta-maninah, meaning that they falsely consider
