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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 10]
peaceful. In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya says that those who are too materially affected continue the bodily conception. Such persons are concerned with different bodily symptoms, whereas one freed from bodily conceptions lives without the body even in the material condition.
TEXT 11
जीवन्मृतत्वं नियमेन राजन् 
    आद्यन्तवद्यद्विकृतस्य दृष्टम् । 
    स्वस्वाम्यभावो ध्रुव ईद्ध्य यत्र 
    तद्बुद्ध्यतेऽसौ विधिकृत्ययोगः ॥११॥
jīvan-mṛtatvam niyamena rājan 
    ādyantavad yad vikṛtasya dṛṣṭam 
    sva-svāmya-bhāvo dhruva īḍya yatra 
    tarhy ucyate 'sau vidhikṛtya-yogaḥ
jīvat-mṛtatvam —the quality of being dead while living;  niyamena —by the laws of nature;  rājan —O King;  ādi-anta-vat —everything material has a beginning and an end;  yat —because;  vikṛtasya —of things that are transformed, such as the body;  dṛṣṭam —is seen;  sva-svāmya-bhāvaḥ —the condition of servanthood and mastership;  dhruvaḥ —unchangeable;  īḍya —O you who are worshiped;  yatra —wherein;  tarhi —then;  ucyate —it is said;  asau —that;  vidhi-kṛtya-yogaḥ —fitness of order and duty.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, you have unnecessarily accused me of being dead though alive. In this regard, I can only say that this is the case everywhere because everything material has its beginning and end. As far as your thinking that you are the king and master and are thus trying to order me, this is also incorrect because these positions are temporary. Today you are a king and I am your servant, but tomorrow the position may be changed, and you may be my servant and I your master. These are temporary circumstances created by providence.