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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 5]
ihā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate
In  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu , Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī thus instructs that if one's only desire is service to the Lord, he is liberated in any condition of life. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was undoubtedly liberated in any condition, but as an ideal king he accepted the  vānaprastha  order of retirement from family life. It is essential for one to renounce family responsibilities and fully concentrate on the lotus feet of Vāsudeva. Therefore Mahārāja Ambarīṣa divided the kingdom among his sons and retired from family life.
TEXT 27
इत्येतत् पुण्यमाख्यानमम्बरीषस्य भूपतेः । संकीर्तयन्ननुध्यायन् भक्तो भगवतो भवेत् ॥२७॥
ity etat puṇyam ākhyānam ambarīṣasya bhūpate saṅkīrtayann anudhyāyan bhakto bhagavato bhavet
iti —thus;  etat —this;  puṇyam ākhyānam —most pious activity in history;  ambarīṣasya —of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa;  bhūpate —O King (Mahārāja Parikṣit);  saṅkīrtayan —by chanting, repeating;  anudhyāyan —or by meditating upon;  bhaktaḥ —a devotee;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhavet —one can become.
TRANSLATION
Anyone who chants this narration or even thinks of this narration about the activities of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa certainly becomes a pure devotee of the Lord.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura herein gives a very good example. When one is very eager for more and more money, he is not