Within the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya, liberation is envisioned as the soul’s release from the cycle of birth and death while preserving an unbridgeable distinction between the individual self and the Supreme. The jiva is freed from ignorance, karma, suffering, and bondage, yet it never becomes identical with Brahman; its individuality is not dissolved. Instead, liberation is the full realization of the soul’s inherent dependence on Vishnu and its role as a servant of the Divine. The duality between Atman and Brahman thus does not vanish but is brought to its clearest and most harmonious expression.

Moksha in this tradition is characterized by eternal proximity to Vishnu, direct and unobstructed vision of the Lord, and an unending experience of bliss and knowledge. The liberated soul dwells in the presence of Brahman, enjoying a relationship marked by devotion, love, and service, rather than by identity or fusion. This state is free from physical embodiment and worldly suffering, and there is no return to samsara once it is attained. The bliss experienced is not an isolated, self-sufficient state of the soul, but is tasted in and through its loving relationship with the Supreme.

The path leading to such liberation is centered on bhakti, a devoted turning of the whole being toward Vishnu. Right understanding of the fundamental difference between the soul and Brahman is required, and righteous conduct and ritual observance support this orientation. Yet, however intense the devotion or disciplined the practice, divine grace remains decisive; human effort prepares the ground, but liberation itself is granted by Brahman’s favor. In this way, Dvaita Vedanta portrays moksha as both the highest fulfillment of the soul’s nature and an unmerited gift from the transcendent Lord.

Even within liberation, Dvaita maintains a hierarchy among souls, reflecting differing capacities for closeness to God and degrees of bliss and knowledge. Some liberated beings enjoy a more intimate proximity and a richer experience of divine joy than others, while all remain eternally subordinate to Vishnu. The soul’s destiny is thus not to lose itself in an undifferentiated absolute, but to abide forever as a distinct, conscious servant in the radiant presence of the Supreme.