CC Madhya 8.249 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya-līlā 8.248 - Madhya-līlā 8.250

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 249

'mukta-madhye kon jīva mukta kari' māni?'

'kṛṣṇa-prema yāṅra, sei mukta-śiromaṇi'

'mukta-madhye kon jīva mukta kari' māni?'

'kṛṣṇa-prema yāṅra, sei mukta-śiromaṇi'

ntity; mukta—liberated;

mukta-madhye—among the liberated; kon—what; jīva—living entity; mukta—liberated; kari'-considering as; māni—We accept; kṛṣṇa-prema—one who loves Kṛṣṇa; yāṅra—of whom; sei—such a person; mukta-śiromaṇi—the topmost of all liberated souls.

liberated persons, who sho

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then inquired, "Out of all liberated persons, who should be accepted as the greatest?"

Rāmānanda Rāya replied, "He who has love for Kṛṣṇa has attained the topmost liberation."

::muktānām api siddhān

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5), it is said:

muktānām api siddhānāṁ

nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ

su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā

kotiṣv api mahā-mune

"O great sage, of the many millions of liberated persons and of the millions who have attained perfection, he who is a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa is very, very rare. Indeed, he is the most perfect and peaceful person."

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