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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.187

dvitiyaṁ, yathā nāradīye—
[dvitiyam, yathaa naaradeeye—]
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā |
[eehaa yasya harer daasye karmanaa manasaa giraa |]
nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate ||187||
[nikhilaasv apy avasthaasu jeevan-muktah sa uchyate ||187||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dvitiyaṁ, yathā nāradīye—
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā |
nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate ||187||
The second type of dāsyam is illustrated in the Nāradīya Purāṇa: He who has the desire to serve the Lord with actions, mind and words in this world is called a liberated jīva in all circumstances.

In the Nāradīya Purāṇa there is a statement of how this servitorship is transcendental. It is said there that a person who is constantly engaged in devotional service by his body, mind and words, or even a person who is not practically engaged but is simply desiring to be so, is considered to be liberated.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

The author indicates his own opinion with a glorification of this type of dāsyam. Īhā dāsye here means “having the desire for servitude” One should have the desire “I am Your servant.”

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