CC 2.25.156

"muktā api līlayā vigrahaṁ kṛtvā bhagavantaṁ bhajante"

muktāḥ - liberated; api - although; līlayā - by pastimes; vigraham - the form of the Lord; kṛtvā - having installed; bhagavantam - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhajante - worship.

Text

“ ‘Even a liberated soul merged in the impersonal Brahman effulgence is attracted to the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. He thus installs a Deity and renders the Lord service.’

Purport

This is a quotation from Śaṅkarācārya’s commentary on the Nṛsiṁha-tāpanī Upaniṣad.

Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Varanasi Became Vaishnavas. Text 156

“ ‘Even a liberated soul merged in the impersonal Brahman effulgence is attracted to the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. He thus installs a Deity and renders the Lord service.’