In Damodarashtakam, what does not wanting any benediction other than Vaikuntha refer to?

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Damodarashtra community says Mokshavadhimva What does it mean? I do not even want anything other than liberation. I don’t want impersonal liberation. I don’t want personal liberation.
I don’t want Vaikuntha. I don’t want any other thing also. So, what this means in my understanding is that He is saying that I do not want any other fruit of any other form of devotional service or for that matter even any other form of devotional absorption also.
So, He wants devotional absorption only in the Lord. Only in in this particular form as Damodar and that gels. So, what I would consider is that we are meant to connect ourselves with Krishna but just as there are particular devotees who may be attracted to particular forms of the Lord.
Murari Gupta could not give up his devotion to Ram even when Lord Chaitanya told him to do that. So, there can be devotees who are absorbed not just in a particular form but also in a particular pastime in a particular way of meditating. So, for example, there are Madhuri Ras Bhaktas they would like to meditate on Krishna as a youth not as a Krishna, as a child so much.
So, So, what this means is that I don’t want any other form of devotional service also. Any other form of devotional absorption except I want among the nine forms of devotional service I want only Smaranam. And among the various forms of the Lord I want absorption only in only in you.
Yeah, so only in this Gopala Balam. So, in that sense it is not referring to it is not necessarily referring to the other fruits of devotional service but even the other forms of devotional service and other forms of the Lord I do not want anything else. And if you consider this understanding then it matches with what comes later that I just want my dear Lord to meditate on your form.
What else can I want? So, the whole emphasis is negation on one side and affirmation on the other. So, negation of Vaikuntha and negation of other forms of the other forms of devotional service and other forms of the Lord. Only Smaranam and only of Damodar.