Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.269
Two Kinds of Merging
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “There are two kinds of sāyujya-mukti: merging into the Brahman effulgence and merging into the personal body of the Lord. Merging into the Lord’s body is even more abominable than merging into His effulgence.””
What the purport teaches
- Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya distinguishes merging into the Lord’s effulgence from merging into His personal body. He considers merging into His body even more abominable.
- Māyāvādī Vedāntists seek to merge into the impersonal Brahman. Yogīs following Patañjali accept the personality of the Absolute Truth but desire to merge into the Lord’s transcendental body.
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of everything, and His bodily effulgence is called brahmajyoti, Brahmaloka or Siddhaloka. Sparklike living entities who do not wish to keep their individual existences are allowed to remain there.
Try this today
Write down the two kinds of sāyujya-mukti and how they differ.
Ask yourself
What does the distinction between the Lord and His bodily effulgence help me understand?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.