Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 25.83

muktānām api siddhānāḿ

nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ

su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā

koṭiṣv api mahā-mune

SYNONYMS

muktānām — of persons liberated or freed from the bondage of ignorance; api — even; siddhānām — of persons who have achieved perfection; nārāyaṇa — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parāyaṇaḥ — the devotee; su-durlabhaḥ — very rare; praśānta-ātmā — completely satisfied, desireless; koṭiṣu — among many millions; api — certainly; mahā-mune — O great sage.

TRANSLATION

"'O great sage, out of many millions of materially liberated people who are free from ignorance, and out of many millions of siddhas who have nearly attained perfection, there is hardly one pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa. Only such a devotee is actually completely satisfied and peaceful.'

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5).

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