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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.266
যদ্যপি সে মুক্তি হয় পঞ্চ-পরকার ।
সালোক্য-সামীপ্য-সারূপ্য-সার্ষ্টি-সাযুজ্য আর ॥ ২৬৬ ॥
yadyapi se mukti haya pañca-parakāra
sālokya-sāmīpya-sārūpya-sārṣṭi-sāyujya āra
“There are five kinds of liberation: sālokya, sāmīpya, sārūpya, sārṣṭi and sāyujya.
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Sālokya means being promoted, after material liberation, to the planet where the Supreme Personality of Godhead resides. Sāmīpya means remaining His associate.
Sārūpya means attaining a four-handed form exactly like the Lord’s. Sārṣṭi means attaining opulences like those of the Supreme Lord.
Sāyujya means merging into the Lord’s Brahman effulgence. Together, these are the five types of liberation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He wanted to substitute the word bhakti-pada. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Which of these five terms can you now explain in your own words?
Write down the five kinds of liberation with a short definition beside each.
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Quoted in 6 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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