Verse 1.12.24

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.24:

গদাধর বোলে,—“আত্যন্তিক দুঃখ-নাশ ইহারেই শাস্ত্রে কহে মুক্তির প্রকাশ” ॥ ২৪ ॥

गदाधर बोले,—“आत्यन्तिक दुःख-नाश इहारेइ शास्त्रे कहे मुक्तिर प्रकाश” ॥ २४ ॥

gadādhara bole,—“ātyantika duḥkha-nāśa ihārei śāstre kahe muktira prakāśa” || 24 ||

gadadhara bole,—“atyantika duhkha-nasa iharei sastre kahe muktira prakasa” (24)

English translation:

(24) Gadādhara then said, “Liberation is freedom from misery. This is the meaning of liberation according to the scriptures.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gadādhara said, “It is stated in various scriptures such as the Sāṅkhya-śāstras that mitigation of excessive distress is the symptom of liberation.” In the Sāṅkhya-pravacana-sūtras (1.1) it is stated: atha trividha-duḥkhātyanta nivṛtir atyanta puruṣārthaḥ—“Mitigation of the threefold miseries is the goal of life.”