CC Madhya 24.121
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24, Text 121
মোক্ষাকাঙ্ক্ষী জ্ঞানী হয় তিনপ্রকার ।
মুমুক্ষু, জীবন্মুক্ত, প্রাপ্তস্বরূপ আর ॥ ১২১ ॥
মুমুক্ষু, জীবন্মুক্ত, প্রাপ্তস্বরূপ আর ॥ ১২১ ॥
mokṣākāṅkṣī jñānī haya tina-prakāra
mumukṣu, jīvan-mukta, prāpta-svarūpa āra
mumukṣu, jīvan-mukta, prāpta-svarūpa āra
Word by word
mokṣa-ākāṅkṣī — those who desire to merge into the impersonal Brahman; jñānī — advanced in knowledge; haya — are; tina-prakāra — three varieties; mumukṣu — desiring to be liberated; jīvan-mukta — already liberated, even in this life; prāpta-svarūpa — self-realized; āra — and.
Translation
“Those who wish to merge into the impersonal Brahman are also divided into three categories — those desiring to be liberated, those already liberated and those who have realized Brahman.”