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King Citraketu's Lamentation
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another. His objective is bodily comfort, either in this planet or in another. When such a person becomes a  jñānī , however, he aspires for liberation from material bondage. Among many such persons who aspire for liberation, one may actually be liberated during his life. Such a person gives up his attachment for society, friendship, love, country, family, wife and children. Among many such persons, who are in the  vānaprastha  stage, one may understand the value of becoming a  san-nyāsī , completely accepting the renounced order of life.
TEXT 5
शुक्रानामपि सिद्धानां नारायणपरायणः । सुदुर्लभः प्रशान्तत्मा कोटिष्वपि महामुने ॥ ५ ॥
muktānām api siddhānām nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ sudurlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣu api mahā-mune
muktānām —of those who are liberated during this life (who are unattached to the bodily comforts of society, friendship and love);  api —even;  siddhānām —who are perfect (because they understand the insignificance of bodily comforts);  nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ —a person who has concluded that Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme;  su-durlabhaḥ —very rarely found;  praśānta —fully pacified;  ātmā —whose mind;  koṭiṣu —out of millions and trillions;*  api —even;  mahā-mune —O great sage.
TRANSLATION
O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and perfect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, or Krṣṇa. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are extremely rare.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura gives the following purport to this verse. Simply desiring  mukti , or liberation, is insufficient; one must
*The word  koṭi  means ten million. Its plural means millions and trillions.