Text 48] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 213
transcendental pleasure. The devotees derive more transcendental pleasure
while engaged continuously in the service of the Lord than when they
have no such engagement. In the family combination of a man and a
woman there is much labor and responsibility for both of them, yet when
they are single they feel more trouble for want of their untied activities.
The union of the impersonalists and the union of the devotees are not
on a par. The impersonalists try to fully stop their individuality by
attaining sayujya-mukti, or unification by merging into oneness, whereas
the devotees keep their individuality to exchange feelings in relationship
with the Supreme Individual Lord. Such reciprocation of feelings takes
place in the transcendental Vaikuntha planets, and therefore the liberation
sought by theimpersonalistsis already achieved in devotional service. The
devotees attain mukti automatically while continuing the transcendental
pleasure of maintaining individuality. As explained in the previous verse,
the destination of the devotees is Vaikuntha, or akuntha-dhisnya, the
place where anxieties are completely eradicated. One should not mistake
the destination of the devotees and that of the impersonalists to be one
and the same. The destinations are distinctly different, and the transcen-
dental pleasure derived by the devotee is also distinct from cinmatra, or
spiritual feelings alone.
TEXT 48
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Te wT aateard
aaah: a!
qa oaqueatedt =F ive!
tat te vayam loka-sisrksayadya
tvayanusrstas tribhir atmabhih sma
sarve viyuktah svavihdra-tantram
na Saknumas tat pratihartave te
tat—therefore; te—Your; vayam—all of us; loka—world; sisrksaya—for

the sake of creation; ddya—the original; tvaya—by You; anusrstah—being
created one after another; tribhih—by the three modes of nature; a@tma-
bhih—by one’s own; sma—in the past; sarve—all; viyuktah—separated;
svavihara-tantram—the network of activities for one’s own pleasure; na—not;
saknumah—could do it; tat—that; pratihartave—to award; te—unto Your.
