Freedom Beyond Action
Devi
The verse asks how someone can be free even while still doing things in the world. It suggests that true liberation is not about stopping all action, but about being inwardly untouched by it. Think of someone playing a role without getting lost in the role.
विज्ञानभैरव तन्त्रम् जीन्नवप विमुक्तोऽसौ कुर्वन्नवप न वलप्यते । इदं यवद विपुदेव परायाश्च महेश्वर ॥ १४२ ॥
vijñānabhairava tantram jīnnava pa vimukto'sau kurvann ava pa na valapyate | idam yavad vipudeva parāyāś ca maheśvara || 142 ||
Translation
Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra. He is liberated, and though acting, he is not afflicted. This is so, O great Lord, up to the supreme state of the divine.
Devi asks about the liberated one who remains untouched by action, pointing toward effortless freedom in activity.