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Nārada's Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhaḡavatam
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they are devoid of devotional service. When speculation on the impersonal Brahman is condemned on the above ground, then what to speak of ordinary fruitive work which is not meant to fulfill the aim of devotional service. Such speculative knowledge and fruitive work cannot lead one to the goal of perfection. Fruitive work in which almost all people in general are engaged is always painful either in the beginning or at the end. It can only be fruitful when made subservient to the devotional service of the Lord. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  also it is confirmed that the result of such fruitive work may be offered for the service of the Lord, otherwise it leads to material bondage. The bona fide enjoyer of the fruitive work is the Personality of Godhead, and thus when it is engaged for the sense gratification of the living beings, it becomes an acute source of trouble.
TEXT 13
अथो महाभाग भवानमोघदक् 
  शुचिश्रवाः सत्यरतो धृतव्रतः । 
  उरुक्रमस्याखिलबन्धमुक्तये 
  समाधिनानुसर तद्विचेष्टितम् ॥१३॥
atho mahā-bhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk 
  śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ 
  urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye 
  samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam
atho—therefore; mahā-bhāga—highly fortunate; bhavān—yourself; amogha-dṛk—the perfect seer; śuci—spotless; śravāḥ—famous; satya-rataḥ—having taken the vow of truthfulness; dhṛta-vrataḥ—fixed in spiritual qualities; urukramasya—of the one who performs supernatural activities (God); akhila—universal; bandha—bondage; muktaye—for liberation from; samādhinā—by trance; anusmara—think repeatedly and then describe them; tat-viceṣṭitam—various pastimes of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
O Vyāsadeva, your vision is completely perfect. Your good fame is spotless. You are firm in vow and situated in truthfulness. And thus you can think of the pastimes of the Lord in trance for the liberation of the people in general from all material bondage.