Verse Text
kintu premaika-mādhurya-juṣa ekāntino harau |
naivāṅgīkurvate jātu muktiṁ paṣca-vidhām api ||57||
Translation
But the devotees solely attached to the Lord who relish the sweetness of prema never accept the five types of liberation at all (even prema-uttara).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Those who are pure devotees do not even accept prema-uttara-mukti (mentioned in the previous verse.) By the use of the word uttara (predominance), a little desire for sukha and aiśvarya is indicated in that prema-sevā. However, the devotees do not desire that portion (and therefore they reject prema-seva-uttara-mukti). The first stage of service takes the form of sādhana. By that, one attains the second stage of service. This is called siddha-rūpā or perfected stage of service. For the pure devotees, those four types of liberation are achieved as secondary items by service (pratītam mat-sevayā), as stated in verses such as the following:
mat-sevayā pratītaṁ te sālokyādi-catuṣṭayam
necchanti sevayā pūrṇāḥ kuto ’nyat kāla-viplutam SB 9.4.67 (quoted in verse 38)
The devotees do not desire the happiness and powers attained through those four types of liberation at all. That is the meaning in verse 38. They are satisfied completely, having attained the highest bliss by serving the Lord directly (pūrṇāḥ sevayā). Actually, service depends on being on the same planet etc. (so those items are accepted as part of pure prema). If they do not desire those types of liberation, how much more they dislike the temporary rewards of the material world (kāla-viplutam). How could they desire such things?
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
As such, the pure devotees never accept the liberation of sāyujya, to become one with the Supreme, though sometimes they may accept as favorable the other four liberated states.