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satisfied even when he is a millionaire or a multimillionaire, but wants to earn more and more money by any means. The same mentality is present in a devotee. The devotee is never satisfied, thinking, “This is the limit of my devotional service.” The more he engages in the service of the Lord, the more service he wants to give. This is the position of a devotee. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, in his family life, was certainly a pure devotee, complete in every respect, because his mind and all his senses were engaged in devotional service ( sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane ). Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was self-satisfied because all of his senses were engaged in devotional service ( sarvopādhivinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam/ hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate ). Nonetheless, although Mahārāja Ambarīṣa had engaged all his senses in devotional service, he left his home and went to the forest to concentrate his mind fully at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, exactly as a mercantile man, even though complete in wealth, tries to earn more and more. This mentality of getting more and more engaged in devotional service puts one in the most exalted position. Whereas on the  karma  platform the mercantile man who wants more and more money becomes increasingly bound and entangled, the devotee becomes increasingly liberated.
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अम्बरीषसचरितं येशृण्वन्तिमहात्मनः । 
    मुक्तिं प्रयान्तितेसर्वेभक्त्याविष्णोः प्रसादतः ॥२८॥
ambarīṣasya caritam 
    ye śṛṇvanti mahātmanaḥ 
    muktiṁ prayānti te sarve 
    bhaktyā viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ
ambarīṣasya —of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa;  caritam —character;  ye —persons who;  śṛṇvanti —hear;  mahā-ātmanaḥ —of the great personality, the great devotee;  muktiṁ —liberation;  prayānti —certainly they attain;  te —such persons;  sarve —all of them;  bhaktyā —simply by devotional service;  viṣṇoḥ —of Lord Viṣṇu;  prasādataḥ —by the mercy.