In Shikshashtakam, what is the difference between ceto darpanam and sarvatma snapanam?

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why… What is the difference between Cheto Darpana Marjan and Sarvatma Asnapanam Param Jayate? Both remain similar.
See, Cheto Darpana Marjan refers more at the level of the purification from gross material contaminations like lust, anger, greed, envy, pride, illusion. And that’s how the contamination extinguishes the fire of material existence. So, Sarvatma Asnapanam, it is similar to in the end of the Bhagavatam, there is the verse, So, So, there, means not just simply the sins of material existence, but even the, from the pure devotional perspective, even the desire for liberation is considered sinful.
And that is also abandoned by the devotee. So, Sarvatma Asnapanam means all desires apart from the desire to simply love Krishna. So, Cheto Darpana Marjan means, we could say, Bhukti Kami, the Kama for Bhukti is given up.
But when we talk about Sarvatma Asnapanam, means everything apart from Krishna. That is Mukti Kami also, that is also given up. So, that’s how Sarvatma Asnapanam is at a much higher level.
So, Cheto Darpana Marjan is something which all seekers, even impersonal seekers, they try to free themselves of worldly bondage. But the others, the Sarvatma Asnapanam refers to, even the desire for liberation, the desire for anything absolutely other than the service of Krishna, even if it involves some spiritual advances, that is