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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 1]
are satisfied in their fruitive activities,  jñānīs  are satisfied to merge into the effulgence of Brahman, and devotees are satisfied to engage in the Lord's service. The Lord is self-satisfied because He is fully opulent, and one who is satisfied by serving Him is called  bhāgavata ātmārāmaḥ .  Manuṣyāṇām sahasreṣu : out of many thousands of persons, one may endeavor for liberation, and of many thousands of persons attempting to become liberated, one may achieve liberation from the anxieties of material existence and become self-satisfied. Even that satisfaction, however, is not the ultimate satisfaction. The  jñānīs  and the  karmīs  have desires, as do the  yogīs , but devotees have no desires. Satisfaction in the service of the Lord is called  akāma , freedom from desire, and this is the ultimate satisfaction. Therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired, "How could one who was fully satisfied on the highest platform be satisfied with family life?"
The word  parābhavaḥ  in this verse is also significant. When one is satisfied in family life, he is doomed because he must already have forgotten his relationship with the Lord. Prahlāda Mahārāja describes how the activities of family life implicate one more and more.  Ātma-pātaṁ gṛham andha-kūpam : household life is like a dark well. If one falls into this well, his spiritual death is assured. How Priyavrata Mahārāja remained a liberated  paramahaṁsa  even within family life is described in the next verse.
TEXT 2
न नूनं मुक्तसङ्गानां तादृशानां द्विजर्षम । गृहेष्वभिनिवेशोऽयं पुंसां भवितुमर्हति ॥ २ ॥
na nūnaṁ mukta-saṅgānāṁ tādṛśānāṁ dvijarṣabha gṛheṣv abhiniveśo 'yaṁ puṁsāṁ bhavitum arhati
na —not;  nūnaṁ —certainly;  mukta-saṅgānāṁ —who are free from attachment;  tādṛśānāṁ —such;  dvija-ṛṣabha —O greatest of the  brāhmaṇas ;  gṛheṣu —to family life;  abhiniveśaḥ —excessive attachment;  ayam —this;  puṁsāṁ —of persons;  bhavitum —to be;  arhati —is possible.