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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 13
prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam (Bhāg. 6.3.20)
The conclusion is that a  paramahaṁsa  is an exalted devotee ( bhagavat-priya ). Such a  paramahaṁsa  may be in any stage of life— brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha  or  sannyāsa —and be equally liberated and exalted.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Behavior of a Perfect Person.”