Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48

Sanskrit:

इति व्यवसितो बुद्ध्या नारायणगृहीतया ।हित्वान्यभावमज्ञानं तत: स्वं भावमास्थित: ॥ ४८ ॥

ITRANS:

iti vyavasito buddhyānārāyaṇa-gṛhītayāhitvānya-bhāvam ajñānaṁtataḥ svaṁ bhāvam āsthitaḥ

Translation:

Thus Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga, by his advanced intelligence in rendering service to the Lord, gave up false identification with the body full of ignorance. In his original position of eternal servitorship, he engaged himself in rendering service to the Lord.

Purport:

When one actually becomes purely Kṛṣṇa conscious, no one has any right to rule over him. When situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one is no longer in the darkness of ignorance, and when freed from all such darkness, one is situated in his original position. Jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa.’ The living entity is eternally the servant of the Lord, and thus when he engages himself in the service of the Lord in all respects, he enjoys the perfection of life.