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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 15]
material world. That is the process of ending material existence. One must not only think that he is Brahman, but he must act like Brahman. One who only thinks himself Brahman is an impersonalist. And one who acts like Brahman is the pure devotee.
TEXT 43
चीरवासा निराहारो बद्धवाङ् मुक्तमूर्धजः । 
  दर्शयन्नात्मनो रूपं जडोन्मत्तपिशाचवत् । 
  अनवेक्षमाणो निरगादभृण्वस्वधिरो यथा ॥४३॥
cīravāsā nirāhāro 
  baddhavāṅ mukta-mūrdhajaḥ 
  darśayann ātmano rūpam 
  jaḍonmatta-piśācavat 
  anavekṣamāṇo niragād 
  aśṛṇvan badhiro yathā
cīravāsāḥ—accepted torn clothing; nirāhāraḥ—gave up all solid food-stuff; baddhavāk—stopped talking; mukta-mūrdhajaḥ—untied his hair; darśayan—began to show; ātmanaḥ—of himself; rūpam—bodily features; jaḍa—inert; unmatta—mad; piśācavat—just like an urchin; anavekṣamāṇaḥ—without waiting for; niragāt—was situated; aśṛṇvan—without hearing; badhiraḥ—just like a deaf man; yathā—as if.
TRANSLATION
After that Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira dressed himself in torn clothing, gave up eating all solid foods, voluntarily became dumb and let his hair hang loose. All this combined to make him look like an urchin or madman with no occupation. He did not depend on his brothers for anything. And, just like a deaf man, he heard nothing.
PURPORT
Thus being freed from all external affairs, he had nothing to do with imperial life or family prestige, and for all practical purposes he posed himself exactly like an inert mad urchin and did not speak of material