BRS 1.2.56 — FolioCorpus

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.56

sukhaiśvaryottarā seyaṁ prema-sevottarety api |

[sukhaishvaryottaraa seyam prema-sevottarety api |]

sālokyādir dvidhā tatra nādyā sevā-juṣāṁ matā ||56||

[saalokyaadir dvidhaa tatra naadyaa sevaa-jushaam mataa ||56||]

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

sukhaiśvaryottarā seyaṁ prema-sevottarety api |

sālokyādir dvidhā tatra nādyā sevā-juṣāṁ matā ||56||

There are two varieties of these four types of liberation: one, predominated by the desire for happiness and power, and the other, predominated by the desire for prema. The first variety is not accepted by those who are inclined to serve the Lord.

Purport

So those who are in the four liberated states may still be going through different stages of existence. In the beginning they may want the opulences of Kṛṣṇa, but at the mature stage the dormant love for Kṛṣṇa exhibited in Vṛndāvana becomes prominent in their hearts.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Durgama-saṅgamanī

Commentary

Here the author explains the word ati in ativirūdhyate of the previous verse. One variety has the predominant desire (uttara) for the happiness and powers, which are natural to the spiritual world. The other variety has the predominant desire for service executed by one’s natural prema. The devotees do not accept the first variety. This is understood in the previous verse quoted: sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya (SB 3.29.13), quoted in verse 28). If the four types of liberation are not accompanied by service, they are rejected. Because ekatva or oneness with the Lord is always without service, the devotees always reject it. Oneness is understood to mean merging into the Lord or brahman (sāyujya).

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