922 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22

detached from the coconut husk, even though within the husk. The pure
devotee’s body is therefore called cinmaya-sarira (spiritualized body). In
other words, a devotee’s body is not connected with material activities,
and as such, a devotee is always liberated. Brahma-bhuyaya kalpate.
(Bg. 14.26) This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita. Srila Ripa Gosvami also
confirms this:

tha yasya harer dasye karmana manasa vaca
nikhilasv apy avasthasu jivan-muktah 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.”

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dagdhasayo mukta-samasta-tad-guno
naivatmano bahir antar vicaste

paratmanor yad-vyavadhanam purastat
svapne yatha purusas tad-vinase

dagdha-asayah—all material desires being burned; mukta—liberated;
samasta—all; tat-gunah—qualities in connection with matter; na—not; eva—
certainly; atmanah—the soul or the Supersoul; bahih—external; antah—
internal; vicaste—acting; para-atmanoh—of the Supersoul; yat—that;
vyavadhanam—difference; purastat—as it was in the beginning; svapne—
in dream; yatha—as; purusah—a person; tat—that; vinase—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.
