24.144

"mukta api lilaya vigraham

krtva bhagavantam bhajante"

SYNONYMS

muktah—liberated; api—although; lilaya—by the pastimes; vigraham—the form of the Lord; krtva—having installed; bhagavantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhajante—worship " ’Even a liberated soul merged in the impersonal Brahman effulgence is attracted to the pastimes of Krsna.

Be thus installs a Deity and renders the Lord service.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Sankaracarya’s commentary on the Nrsimha-tapani Upanisad.