Shloka : 121

मतं विशिष्टाद्वैतं मे गोलोको धाम चेप्सितं ।

तत्र ब्रह्मात्मना कृष्णसेवा मुक्तिश्च गम्यताम् ॥ 121 ॥

અને અમારો જે મત તે વિશિષ્ટાદ્વૈત છે એમ જાણવું. અને અમને પ્રિય એવું જે ધામ, તે ગોલોક છે એમ જાણવું. અને તે ધામને વિષે બ્રહ્મરૂપે કરીને જે શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનની સેવા કરવી તે અમે મુક્તિ માની છે એમ જાણવું. ॥ 121 ॥

And according to My philosophy God is supreme and unique in nature. And my favourite abode is Golok. To serve Shri Krishna Bhagwan in His own abode as Brahmaroop i.e. through the unity in His divine form is considered as liberation, by Me. || 121 ||

Commentary

Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan is distinct and unique than 'Jeev' i.e. soul, Ishwar i.e. God, Maya i.e. illusion and Brahm. Though He is prevalent (present) in all through His brilliance i.e. Anvayswaroop, He is above all, He is the ultimate cause support, and controller of all. In such a way He is 'Vyatirekswaroop' i.e distinctively existing in divine form. He is the Lord and all are His surendered devotees. 'Anvayswaroop' and 'Vyatirekswaroop' are of non-dual nature i.e. manifestations of the same identity, even then the ultimate Supreme God Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan is distinct or unique i.e. He is above all.

Now, Shriji Maharaj has mentioned that His favourite abode is Golok Dham. Here, the term 'Go' means rays of light and the term 'lok' means clusters. For that reason, a cluster of rays of light has been mentioned as Golok i.e. abode of Shri Hari is a cluster of light i.e. his luminous brilliance is Akshardham. And this Akshardham is different than the Golok, Vaikunth, Shwetdweep and the bliss of Akshardham is superior to the bliss of all other Dham (abodes).

Moreover, Akshardham which is a cluster of luminious brilliance of Shri Hari, has been mentioned as 'Golok', it is spreading in the center of the Golokdham of Shri Krishna Bhagwan through its rays of light, therefore, it is said as Akshardham in the center of Golok but this is the 'Anvayswaroop' i.e. indirect existence of Akshardham. And the Akshardham as luminous brilliance of Shri Hari, which is beyond Golok etc. is known as 'Vyatirek' i.e. direct existence of Akshardham.

And Shri Swaminarayan Mahaprabhu who is the most graceful and the most blissfull, who is worshipped by the Muktas and Nitya Muktas who have united with the ultimate Supreme God Shriji Maharaj in Akshardham which is the cluster of light and known as 'Golok' and attained all the divine qualities virtues and form of Parbrahm except that He is Master and Muktas are His 'Sevaks' (devotees); He is giver of divine bliss and Muktas are the receiver of it; and He controls everything whereas Muktas work at His will. Such Shri Swaminarayan Mahaprabhu should be worshipped through the knowledge of ultimate experience and boundless affection. One should experience the divine form of Shri Hari through vision, touch and smell i.e. one should continuously experience the bliss of the unity with the divine form of Shri Hari. This has been described as 'liberation' or the ultimate salvation by Shri Hari. While in physical form, serving and worshipping Shriji Maharaj in human form like Mukundvarni is also considered as 'liberation' i.e. ultimate salvation.