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TEXT 249
'mukta-madhye kon jiva mukta kari' mani?'
'krsna-prema yanra, sei mukta-siromani'
SYNONYMS
mukta-madhyeamong the liberated; konwhat; jivaliving entity; muktaliberated; kari'-considering as; maniWe accept; krsna-premaone who loves Krsna; yanraof whom; seisuch a person; mukta-siromanithe topmost of all liberated souls.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then inquired, "Out of all liberated persons, who should be accepted as the greatest?"
PURPORT
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.14.5), it is said:
muktanam api siddhanam
narayana-parayanah su-durlabhah prasantatma kotisv api maha-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 Narayana is very, very rare. Indeed, he is the most perfect and peaceful person."
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