Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.30

salokya-samipya-sarshti-sarupya-prakara

cari mukti diya kare jivera nistara

SYNONYMS

salokya -- the liberation called salokya; samipya -- the liberation called samipya; sarshti -- the liberation called sarshti; sarupya -- the liberation called sarupya; prakara -- varieties; cari -- four; mukti -- liberation; diya -- giving; kare -- does; jivera -- of the fallen souls; nistara -- deliverance.

TRANSLATION

He delivers the fallen living entities by offering them the four kinds of liberation -- salokya, samipya, sarshti and sarupya.

PURPORT

There are two kinds of liberated souls -- those who are liberated by the favor of the Lord and those who are liberated by their own effort. One who gets liberation by his own effort is called an impersonalist, and he merges into the glaring effulgence of the Lord, the brahmajyoti. But devotees of the Lord who qualify themselves for liberation by devotional service are offered four kinds of liberation, namely salokya (status equal to that of the Lord), samipya (constant association with the Lord), sarshti (opulence equal to that of the Lord) and sarupya (features like those of the Lord).

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