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ara suddha-bhakta krsna-prema-seva vine

sva-sukhartha salokyadi na kare grahane

SYNONYMS

ara—and; suddha-bhakta—the pure devotee; krsna-prema—out of love for Lord Krsna; seva—service; vine—without; sva-sukha-artha—for the purpose of one’s own pleasure; salokya-adi—the five types of liberation, beginning from salokya (residing on the same spiritual planet as the Lord); na kare—do not do; grahane—acceptance.

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

PURPORT

A pure devotee of Krsna 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.