'sÄyujya' Å›unite bhaktera haya ghṛṇÄ-bhaya
naraka vÄñchaye, tabu sÄyujya nÄ laya
sÄyujya - liberation by merging into the effulgence; Å›unite - even to hear; bhaktera - of the devotee; haya - there is; ghá¹›á¹‡Ä - hatred; bhaya - fear; naraka - a hellish condition of life; vÄñchaye - he desires; tabu - still; sÄyujya - merging into the effulgence of the Lord; nÄ laya - never accepts.
“A pure devotee does not like even to hear about sÄyujya-mukti, which inspires him with fear and hatred. Indeed, the pure devotee would rather go to hell than merge into the effulgence of the Lord.â€
ÅšrÄ«la PrabodhÄnanda SarasvatÄ« has sung, kaivalyaá¹ narakÄyate. The impersonalist’s conception of becoming one with the effulgence of the Lord is exactly like hell. Therefore, of the five types of liberation, the first four (sÄlokya, sÄmÄ«pya, sÄrÅ«pya and sÄrá¹£á¹i) are not so undesirable because they can be avenues of service to the Lord. Nonetheless, a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa rejects even these types of liberation; he aspires only to serve Kṛṣṇa birth after birth. He is not very interested in stopping the repetition of birth, for he simply desires to serve the Lord, even in hellish circumstances. Consequently the pure devotee hates and fears sÄyujya-mukti, merging into the effulgence of the Lord. This merging is due to an offense committed against the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and therefore it is not at all desirable for a pure devotee.
