CC Madhya 9.257

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

CC Madhya 9.256

CC Madhya 9.258

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 257

‘pañca-vidha mukti’ pāñā vaikuṇṭhe gamana
‘sādhya-śreṣṭha’ haya,—ei śāstra-nirūpaṇa

SYNONYMS

pañca-vidha mukti—five kinds of liberation; pāñā—getting; vaikuṇṭhe—to the spiritual world; gamana—transference; sādhya-śreṣṭha haya—is the highest achievement of the goal of life; ei—this; śāstra-nirūpaṇa—the verdict of all revealed scriptures.

TRANSLATION

“When one dedicates the duties of varṇāśrama-dharma to Kṛṣṇa, he is eligible for five kinds of liberation. Thus he is transferred to the spiritual world in Vaikuṇṭha. This is the highest goal of life and the verdict of all revealed scriptures.”