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Priti Sandarbha 5.11 : Direct Realization of Bhagavan is the Meaning of Liberation

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अथ श्रीभगवत्साक्सात्कारस्य मुक्तित्वमाह (भा. ७.६.१८)— ततो विदूरात् परिहृत्य दैत्या दैत्येषु सङ्गं विषयात्मकेषु। उपेत नारायणमादिदेवं स मुक्तसङ्गैरिषितोऽपवर्गः ॥ Now [after describing Brahman realization as mukti] the "realization of Bhagavān is mukti" is described. Śrī Prahlāda said: Therefore, O Daityas, shunning away the company of the Daityas from far, who have set their mind on the objects of the senses, take shelter of Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa, the prime deity. He is the liberation, desired by those who have become free from attachment. (SB 7.6.18) टीका च—"यस्मात् स एवापवर्ग इष्टः" इत्येषा। अत्र नारायणस्यापवर्गत्वं तत्साक्षात्कृतावेव पर्यवस्यति। तस्या एव संसारध्वंसपूर्वकपरमानन्दप्राप्तिरूपत्वात् तदस्तित्वमात्रत्वे तादृशत्वाभावाच्च ॥ Svāmī also comments, "Because He alone is the liberation sought after [i.e., take shelter of Him]." Here "Nārāyaṇa as liberation" happens only when one realizes Him directly, because only that (liberat...