132 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 4

PURPORT

Those who are associated with the Lord in the Vaikuntha planets achieve
all the bodily features of the Lord and appear to be the same as Lord
Visnu. Such liberation is called sarupya-mukti, which is one of the five
kinds of liberation. The devotees engaged in the transcendental loving
service of the Lord never accept the sd@yujya-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
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MOKA THAT:
earners: faerfr AFAR 12 E11

karmany anthasya bhavo’bhavasya te
durgasrayo ‘thari-bhayat palayanam

kalatmano yat pramada-yutasrayah
svatman-rateh khidyati dhir vidam iha

karmani—activities; anthasya—of one who has no desire; bhavah—birth;
abhavasya—of one who is never born; te—your; durga-asrayah—taking
shelter of the fort; atha—thereafter; ari-bhayat—out of fear of the enemies;
palayanam—flee; kala-atmanah—of He who is the controller of eternal
time; yat—thalt; pramada-yuta—in the association of women; asramah—
household life; sva-atman—by Your own Self; rateh—one who enjoys;
khidyati—disturbs; dhih—intelligence; vidam—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.
