TEXT 67
mat-sevaya pratitam te
salokyadi-catustayam
necchanti sevaya purnah
kuto nyat kala-viplutam
SYNONYMS
mat-sevayaby being engaged fully in My transcendental loving service; pratitamautomatically achieved; tesuch pure devotees are fully satisfied; salokya-adi-catustayamthe four different types of liberation (salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti, what to speak of sayujya); nanot; icchantidesire; sevayasimply by devotional service; purnahfully complete; kutahwhere is the question; anyatother things; kala-viplutamwhich are finished in the course of time.
TRANSLATION
My devotees, who are always satisfied to be engaged in My loving service, are not interested even in the four principles of liberation [salokya, sarupya, samipya and sarsti], although these are automatically achieved by their service. What then is to be said of such perishable happiness as elevation to the higher planetary systems?
PURPORT
Srila Bilvamangala Thakura has estimated the value of liberation as follows:
muktih svayam mukulitanjalih sevate sman
dharmartha-kama-gatayah samaya-pratiksah
Bilvamangala Thakura realized that if one develops his natural devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, mukti stands before him with folded hands to offer all kinds of service. In other words, the devotee is already liberated. There is no need for him to aspire for different types of liberation. The pure devotee automatically achieves liberation, even without desiring it.

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