Text 5] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 5
another. His objective is bodily comfort, either in this planet or in
another. When such a person becomes a jridni, 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 per-
son gives up his attachment for society, friendship, love, country, family,
wife and children. Among many such persons, who are in the
vanaprastha stage, one may understand the value of becoming a san-
nydsi, completely accepting the renounced order of life.
TEXT 5
aerate Rar ATTA: |
AGaA: TAA sea AETAA I
muktanam api siddhanam
narayana-pardyanah
sudurlabhah prasantatma
kotisv api maha-mune

muktandm—of those who are liberated during this life (who are unat-
tached to the bodily comforts of society, friendship and love); api—
even; siddhanadm—who are perfect (because they understand the insig-
nificance of bodily comforts); néréyana-paréyanah—a person who has
concluded that Narayana is the Supreme; su-durlabhah—very rarely
found; prasanta—fully pacified; atmaé—whose mind; kotisu—out of
millions and trillions;* api—even; maha-mune—O great sage.

TRANSLATION

O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and per-
fect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord
Narayana, or Krsna. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are ex-
tremely rare.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the following purport to
this verse. Simply desiring mukti, or liberation, is insufficient; one must
*The word kofti means ten million. Its plural means millions and trillions.
