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salokya-sarsti-samipya-

sarupyaikatvam apy uta

diyamanam na grhnanti

vina mat-sevanam janah

SYNONYMS

salokya—to live on the same planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarsti—to possess opulence equal to the Lord’s; samipya—to always associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarupya—to possessing bodily features equal to the Lord’s; ekatvam—to merge into the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; api—even; uta—certainly; diyamanam—being offered; na—never; grhnanti—accept; vina—without; mat—My; sevanam—devotional service; janah—devotees " ’Pure devotees always reject the five kinds of liberation, which include living in the spiritual Vaikuntha 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13).