Toyt 1481
The lord Instructs Šrila Rūna Cosvāmī.
३२७
schools and hospitals. Whether one earns money for himself or for the public benefit, he is called a  karma-niṣṭha . Out of millions of  karma-niṣṭhas  there may be one who is wise. Those who try to avoid fruitive activity and who become silent in order to merge into the spiritual existence of the Absolute Truth are generally known as  jñānīs , wise men. They are not interested in fruitive activity but in merging into the Supreme. In either case, both are interested in personal benefit. The  karmīs  are directly interested in personal benefit within the material world, and the  jñānīs  are interested in merging into the existence of the Supreme. The  jñānīs  maintain that fruitive activity is imperfect. For them, perfection is the cessation of work and the merging into the supreme existence. That is their goal in life. The  jñānī  wants to extinguish the distinction between knowledge, the knower and the aim of knowledge. This philosophy is called monism, or oneness, and is characterized by spiritual silence.
TEXT 1488
কোটিজানি-মধ্যে হয় একজন ‘মুক্ত’ ।।
কোটি মুক্ত-মধ্যে ‘‘তুর্লভ’’ এক কৃষ্ণভক্ত ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
koṭi-jñāni-madhye haya eka-jana ‘mukta’ koṭi-mukta-madhye ‘durlabha’ eka kṛṣṇa-bhakta
SYNONYMS
koṭi-jñāni-madhye —out of many millions of such wise men;  haya —there is;  eka-jana —one person;  mukta —actually liberated;  koṭi-mukta-madhye —out of many millions of such liberated persons;  durlabha —very rare;  eka —one;  kṛṣṇa-bhakta —pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
“Out of many millions of such wise men, one may actually become liberated [mukta], and out of many millions of such liberated persons, a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to find.
PURPORT
In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is said that due to their poor fund of knowledge, the  jñānīs  are not actually liberated. They simply think that they are liberated. The perfection of knowledge culminates when one comes to the platform of knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate . The Absolute Truth ( satya-vastu ) is described as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. Knowledge of impersonal Brahman and the Supersoul is imperfect until one comes to the platform of knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is