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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 4]
from his family, society and nation. As long as this continues, one continues his material life. [Otherwise, one is liberated.]
PURPORT
As confirmed in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.6):
sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati
The word  dharma  means “engagement.” One who is engaged in the service of the Lord ( yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ), without impediment and without cessation, is understood to be situated in his original, spiritual status. When one is promoted to this status, one is always happy in transcendental bliss. Otherwise, as long as one is in the bodily concept of life, one must suffer material conditions.  Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkhadoṣānudarśanam . The body is subject to its own principles of birth, death, old age and disease, but one who is situated in spiritual life ( yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ) has no birth, no death, no old age and no disease. One may argue that we may see a person who is spiritually engaged twenty-four hours a day but is still suffering from disease. In fact, however, he is neither suffering nor diseased; otherwise he could not be engaged twenty-four hours a day in spiritual activities. The example may be given in this connection that sometimes dirty foam or garbage is seen floating on the water of the Ganges. This is called  nīra-dharma , a function of the water. But one who goes to the Ganges does not mind the foam and dirty things floating in the water. With his hand, he pushes away such nasty things, bathes in the Ganges and gains the beneficial results. Therefore, one who is situated in the spiritual status of life is unaffected by foam and garbage—or any superficial dirty things. This is confirmed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī:
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate