ঽমুক্তমধ্যে কোন্জীব মুক্ত করিঽ মানি?ঽ ঽকৃষ্ণপ্রেম যাঙ্র, সেই মুক্তশিরোমণিঽ
ऽमुक्तमध्ये कोन्जीव मुक्त करिऽ मानि?ऽ ऽकृष्णप्रेम याङ्र, सेइ मुक्तशिरोमणिऽ
'mukta-madhye kon jīva mukta kari' māni?' 'kṛṣṇa-prema yāṅra, sei mukta-śiromaṇi'
Synonyms
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..
Translation
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."
Purport
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5), it is said:
muktānām api siddhānāṁ
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ
sudurlabhaḥ praśāntātmā
kotiṣv api mahāmune
"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."