SMB 2.10.6

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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.6

Sanskrit:
मुक्तिः हित्वान्यथा-रूपं स्वरूपेण व्यवस्थितिः ।
uktiḥ hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

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Standard Translation

“Liberation (mukti) is the complete giving up of all other identities and being situated in one’s own true nature.”

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Word-by-word Gist

• मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) – liberation

• हित्वा (hitvā) – abandoning

• अन्यथा-रूपम् (anyathā-rūpam) – mistaken / false identity

• स्वरूपेण (svarūpeṇa) – in one’s own true nature

• व्यवस्थितिः (vyavasthitiḥ) – firm establishment

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Core Meaning

• Bondage is mistaken identity.

• Liberation is not going somewhere, but abiding as what one truly is.

• Mukti = dropping false self-concepts, not acquiring a new state.

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Vedānta Interpretations

Advaita Vedānta

• Anyathā-rūpa = identification with body–mind

• Svarūpa = pure awareness / Brahman

• Liberation is Self-recognition, not an event

Dvaita Vedānta

• Svarūpa = the jīva’s true nature as an eternal servant of Viṣṇu

• Liberation means freedom from material misidentification, while difference remains

Bhakti Emphasis (Bhāgavata)

• Mukti is meaningful only when aligned with bhagavad-bhakti

• True identity is realized in relation to the Lord

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One-line Essence

Liberation is not becoming something new, but standing firmly as what you truly are.

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