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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1
adhikāra-sthitāś caiva vimuktāś ca dvidhā janāḥ viṣṇu-loka-sthitās teṣāṁ vara-śāpādi-yoginaḥ
adhikāra-sthitāṁ muktiṁ niyataṁ prāpnuvanti ca vimukty-anantaraṁ teṣāṁ vara-śāpādayo nanu
dehendriyāsu-yuktaś ca pūrvaṁ paścān na tair yutāḥ apy abhimānibhis teṣāṁ devaiḥ svātmottamair yutāḥ
The purport is that the personal associates of Lord Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭhaloka are always liberated souls. Even if sometimes cursed or blessed, they are always liberated and never contaminated by the material modes of nature. Before their liberation to Vaikuṇṭhaloka they possessed material bodies, but once they come to Vaikuṇṭha they no longer have them. Therefore even if the associates of Lord Viṣṇu sometimes descend as if cursed, they are always liberated.
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अशपन् कुपिता एवं युवां वासं न चार्हयः ।
रजस्तमोभ्यां रहिते पादमूले मधुद्विषः ।
पापिष्ठामासुरीं योनिं बालिशौ यातमाश्वतः ॥३८॥
aśapan kupitā evaṁ yuvāṁ vāsaṁ na cārhathaḥ rajas-tamobhyāṁ rahite pāda-mūle madhudviṣaḥ pāpiṣṭhām āsurīṁ yoniṁ bāliśau yātam āśv ataḥ