Ādi-līlā

Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Verse 204 of 262
Cc Ādi 4.204

আর শুদ্ধভক্ত কৃষ্ণপ্রেমসেবা বিনে স্বসুখার্থ সালোক্যাদি না করে গ্রহণে

आर शुद्धभक्त कृष्णप्रेमसेवा विने स्वसुखार्थ सालोक्यादि ना करे ग्रहणे

āra śuddha-bhakta kṛṣṇa-prema-sevā vine sva-sukhārtha sālokyādi nā kare grahaṇe

Synonyms

āraand; śuddha-bhaktathe pure devotee; kṛṣṇa-premaout of love for Lord Kṛṣṇa; sevāservice; vinewithout; sva-sukha-arthafor the purpose of one's own pleasure; sālokya-ādithe five types of liberation, beginning from sālokya (residing on the same spiritual planet as the Lord); nā karedo not do; grahaṇeacceptance..

Translation

Furthermore, pure devotees never forsake the loving service of Lord Kṛṣṇa to aspire for their own personal pleasure through the five kinds of liberation.

Purport

A pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa who loves Him exclusively will flatly refuse to accept any sort of liberation, beginning from merging in the body of the Lord and extending to the other varieties of liberation, such as equality of form, opulence or abode and the opulence of living near the Lord.

Verse 204 of 262
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