Verse 2.2.170

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.170:

क्वचित् प्रस्तूयतेऽस्माभिर् भगवद्-भक्ति-तत्-परैः ।
मोक्षस् त्याजयितुं सम्याग् विनिन्द्य स-परिच्छदाः ॥ १७० ॥

kvacit prastūyate'smābhir bhagavad-bhakti-tat-paraiḥ |
mokṣas tyājayituṃ samyāg vinindya sa-paricchadāḥ || 170 ||

kvacit–sometimes; prastūyate–it is eulogized; asmābhiḥ–by us; bhagavat-bhakti–to devotion to the Lord; tat-paraiḥ–by us who devoted; mokṣaḥ–liberation; tyājayitum–to be given up; samyak–completely; vinindya–censuring; sa-paricchadaḥ–and the means to attain it.

Although we scriptures are devoted to the loving service of Bhagavān, in some places we have examined liberation. But this is only to expose its insignificance and, by all means to condemn both liberation and the processes of attaining it.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The bhakti-śāstras say, “Although it is improper for us to describe liberation (mokṣa), for various reasons we must.” Two verses, beginning here with kvacit, explain why. “While we have firm faith in and are devoted to bhagavad-bhakti, at times we examine liberation.”

Gopa-kumāra might ask, “Why is this?”

“It is only to expose its worthlessness. We specifically condemn it and the processes to attain it, such as speculative knowledge (jñāna). Our intention is that no one respects liberation; rather, it should be contemptuously rejected as insignificant. If the nature of something undesirable is not first explained, then no one will be inclined to reject it. Therefore, we describe the nature of mokṣa and then criticize it.”