ईहा यस्य हरेर्दास्ये कर्मणा मनसा गिरा ।
निखिलास्वप्यवस्थासु जीवन्मुक्तः स उच्यते ॥
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā |
nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate ||
(Nāradīya Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.187)
“One who has the desire for servitude to Hari in deed, mind, and speech even in all circumstances is called a jīvan-mukta [i.e., one who is liberated while living].”