Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 11.10.36-37
कथं वर्तेत विहरेत् कैर्वा ज्ञायेत लक्षणै: ।
किं भुञ्जीतोत विसृजेच्छयीतासीत याति वा ॥ ३६ ॥
एतदच्युत मे ब्रूहि प्रश्नं प्रश्नविदां वर ।
नित्यबद्धो नित्यमुक्त एक एवेति मे भ्रम: ॥ ३७ ॥
kathaṁ varteta viharet
kair vā jñāyeta lakṣaṇaiḥ
kiṁ bhuñjītota visṛjec
chayītāsīta yāti vā
etad acyuta me brūhi
praśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ vara
nitya-baddho nitya-mukta
eka eveti me bhramaḥ
O my Lord, Acyuta, the same living entity is sometimes described as eternally conditioned and at other times as eternally liberated. I am not able to understand, therefore, the actual situation of the living entity. You, my Lord, are the best of those who are expert in answering philosophical questions. Please explain to me the symptoms by which one can tell the difference between a living entity who is eternally liberated and one who is eternally conditioned. In what various ways would they remain situated, enjoy life, eat, evacuate, lie down, sit or move about?
Read the purport on Vedabase.ioFrom Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.