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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
detached from the coconut husk, even though within the husk. The pure devotee's body is therefore called  cinmaya-śarīra  (spiritualized body). In other words, a devotee's body is not connected with material activities, and as such, a devotee is always liberated.  Brahma-bhūyāya kalpate.  (Bg. 14.26) This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā . Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī also confirms this:
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā vācā nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate.
“One who is engaged fully with his body, mind and speech in the service of the Lord is liberated even within this body, despite his condition.”
TEXT 27
दग्धाशयो मुक्तसमस्ततदुगुणो नैवात्मनो बहिरन्तर्विचष्टे । परात्मनोर्यद्व्यवधानं पुरस्तात् स्वप्ने यथा पुरुषस्तद्विनाशे ॥२७॥
dagdhāśayo mukta-samasta-tad-guṇo naivātmano bahir antar vicaṣṭe parātmanor yad-vyavadhānam purastāt svapne yathā puruṣas tad-vināśe
dagdha-āśayaḥ—all material desires being burned; mukta—liberated; samasta—all; tat-guṇaḥ—qualities in connection with matter; na—not; eva—certainly; ātmanaḥ—the soul or the Supersoul; bahiḥ—external; antaḥ—internal; vicaṣṭe—acting; para-ātmanoḥ—of the Supersoul; yat—that; vyavadhānam—difference; purastāt—as it was in the beginning; svapne—in dream; yathā—as; puruṣaḥ—a person; tat—that; vināśe—being finished.
TRANSLATION
When a person becomes devoid of all material desires and liberated from all material qualities, he transcends distinctions between actions executed externally and internally. At that time the difference between the soul and the Supersoul, which was existing before self-realization, is annihilated. When a dream is over, there is no longer a distinction between the dream and the dreamer.