Text 249] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 247

Similarly, one who does not associate with Vaisnavas, or who does not render ser-
vice to his superior, is also a most unhappy person.”
There is also a statement given in the Brhad-bhagavatamrta (1.5.44):

sva-jivanadhikam prarthyamn
sri-visnu-jana-sarigatah
vicchedena ksanam cCatra
na sukharhsarh labhamahe

“Out of all kinds of desirable things experienced in the life of a living entity,
association with the devotees of the Lord is the greatest. When we are separated
from a devotee even for a moment, we cannot enjoy happiness.”

TEXT 249
TS-TCHG CH GE Ge sia” THA
‘Sacay Ta, He Te-facatafe w aso

‘mukta-madhye kon jiva mukta kari’ mani?’
‘krsna-prema ydanra, sei mukta-siromani’

SYNONYMS

mukta-madhye—among the liberated; kon—what; jiva—living entity; muk-
ta—liberated; kari’—considering as; mani—we accept; krsna-prema—one who
loves Krsna; yarira—of whom; sei—such a person; mukta-siromani—the topmost
of all liberated souls.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then inquired, ‘Out of all liberated persons, who
should be accepted as the greatest? Ramananda Raya replied, ‘He who has
love for Krsna has attained the topmost liberation.”

PURPORT
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.14.5), it is said:

muktandm api siddhanarm
naradyana-parayanah

sudurlabhah prasantatma
kotisv api mahamune
