Madhya-līlāChapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.268

sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-

sārūpyaikatvam apy uta

dīyamānaḿ na gṛhnanti

vinā mat-sevanaḿ janāḥ

SYNONYMS

sālokyato live on the same planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sārṣṭito possess opulence equal to the Lord's; sāmīpyato always associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sārūpyato possess bodily features like the Lord's; ekatvamto merge into the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; api — even; uta — certainly; dīyamānam — being offered; na — never; gṛhṇanti — accept; vinā — without; mat — My; sevanam — devotional service; janāḥ — devotees.

TRANSLATION

"'Pure devotees always reject the five kinds of liberation, which include living in the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets, possessing the same opulences as those possessed by the Supreme Lord, having the same bodily features as the Lord's, associating with the Lord and merging into the body of the Lord. The pure devotees do not accept these benedictions without the service of the Lord.'

PURPORT

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.29.13).

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