What does Shad-Goswami Ashtakam mean by ‘the devouring mouth of liberation’?

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Hare Krishna. Question? Why is it said that the Goswamis deliver people from the devouring mouth of liberation? Answer? The relevant translation is Kaivalya Nisthara Kaum. So Kaivalya is liberation.
And although liberation is considered to be the highest aspiration for the jnanis, for the devotees, liberation is not at all desirable, because at least in the material world there is an opportunity to serve Krishna. And liberation takes away that opportunity to serve Krishna, because there is no sense of personality, and there is no sense of master and servant, a lot of devotee over there. And that’s why there are many places, the Bhagavatam itself says, Kapil Dev says that, my devotees will not accept liberation, if it is without service to me.
And Prabodhananda Saraswati is a famous well-known Acharya, he says that Kaivalya Narakayate. Kaivalya is like hell. Just like a person is going to go to hell with desire, deliverance from hell.
So similarly, the aspiration is made over here, Kaivalya Nisthara Kaum. So, a devouring mouth, so the word mouth is not there literally in the translation, but Nisthara means to actually rescue. So, something which is a great danger, one is rescued.
So, here the implied metaphor over here is that, that just as there can be material temptations, which take a seeker away, there is a spiritual temptation. And impersonal liberation, Prabhupada called as the last snare of Maya. So, people who may otherwise get attracted to impersonal liberation, what the Goswamis do is, Govinda Gaana Amritai.
By singing the songs about Govinda, and by living the songs as a legacy, they have written Anand, Jiva Goswami has written Gopal Champo, and Bihad Bhagavatam has been written by Sanatana Goswami, and like this the Goswamis have written many books. Vaishnava Tosha has been written by the Goswamis. By this they have given beautiful pastimes of Krishna.
And when those pastimes of Krishna we hear, even if we have some attraction to impersonalism, that attraction goes away, and we become attracted to Krishna. So, here impersonalism is implicitly compared to some sort of a monster, which is a big mouth, but people foolishly get attracted to it and go into that mouth, thinking that that is the way to freedom from suffering. So, the rescue from this mouth is done by the force of attraction.
So, by revealing the higher attraction, just as Shukadeva Goswami was attracted to the impersonal Brahman, but when Krishna Katha he heard, then he gave up impersonal realization, ātmārāmaśyamuṇa nirvānthāpyurukrama, the famous verse which describes that, from impersonal liberation to personal realization he came. So, similarly the Goswamis are carrying on that legacy and they save people from the devouring mouth of liberation by pouring out. Now how are they pouring out? By themselves singing and then through their books recording their songs over there.
They are pouring out the nectar. And this nectar, when people are attracted to the mouth of the monster of liberation and they see this nectar, then this nectar attracts them and then they are rescued from the mouth and they attain pure love for Krishna. So, that is the metaphor over there.
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