Ādi-līlā

Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Verse 92 of 103
Cc Ādi 1.92

তার মধ্যে মোক্ষবাংছা কৈতবপ্রধান যাহা হৈতে কৃষ্ণভক্তি হয অন্তর্ধান

तार मध्ये मोक्षवांछा कैतवप्रधान याहा हैते कृष्णभक्ति हय अन्तर्धान

tāra madhye mokṣa-vāñchā kaitava-pradhāna yāhā haite kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya antardhāna

Synonyms

tāraof them; madhyein the midst; mokṣa-vāñchāthe desire to merge into the Supreme; kaitavaof cheating processes; pradhānathe chief; yāhā haitefrom which; kṛṣṇa-bhaktidevotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa; hayabecomes; antardhānadisappearance..

Translation

The foremost process of cheating is to desire to achieve liberation by merging in the Supreme, for this causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Kṛṣṇa.

Purport

The desire to merge in the impersonal Brahman is the subtlest type of atheism. As soon as such atheism, disguised in the dress of liberation, is encouraged, one becomes completely unable to traverse the path of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Verse 92 of 103
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