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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.148
কোটিজ্ঞানি-মধ্যে হয় একজন ‘মুক্ত’ ।
কোটিমুক্ত-মধ্যে ‘দুর্লভ’ এক কৃষ্ণভক্ত ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
koṭi-jñāni-madhye haya eka-jana ‘mukta’
koṭi-mukta-madhye ‘durlabha’ eka kṛṣṇa-bhakta
“Out of many millions of such wise men, one may actually become liberated [mukta], and out of many millions of such liberated persons, a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to find.
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Among millions of wise people, one may become liberated. Among millions of liberated persons, a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to find.
The Absolute Truth is described as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. Knowledge of impersonal Brahman and the Supersoul remains imperfect until one knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Those with imperfect knowledge may think themselves fully liberated, but their conception of liberation is imperfect. Perfect knowledge culminates in knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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The purport of CC Madhya 19.148 quotesSB 10.2.32
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.2.32) it is said that due to their poor fund of knowledge, the jñānīs are not actually liberated.
The purport of CC Madhya 19.148 quotesBG 5.29
This is supported by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (5.29):
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Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching distinguish liberation from perfect knowledge?
Write one sentence explaining why knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the culmination of knowledge.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 3 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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