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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 12]
in the shape of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  puṣpaiḥ —by showering flowers grown in Nandana-kānana from the heavens;  su-gāḥ —the celestial singers;  apsarasaḥ ca —and the celestial dancing girls;  nartanaiḥ —by dancing;  gītaiḥ —by singing celestial songs;  surāḥ —all the demigods;  vādya-dharāḥ ca —those who played on musical drums;  vādyakaiḥ —by playing respectively;  stavaiḥ ca —and by offering prayers;  viprāḥ —the  brāhmaṇas ;  jaya-niḥsvanaiḥ —simply by glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  gaṇāḥ —everyone.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, everyone being pleased, the demigods began to shower flowers from Nandana-kānana, the celestial dancing girls began to dance, and the Gandharvas, who are famous for singing, offered songs of prayer. The drummers began to beat their kettledrums, and the  brāhmaṇas  offered Vedic hymns. In this way, both in the heavens and on earth, everyone began to perform his own duties, glorifying the Lord.
PURPORT
Everyone has some particular duty. The  śāstra  has concluded ( nirūpitaḥ ) that everyone should glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his own qualifications. If you are a singer, always glorify the Supreme Lord by singing very nicely. If you are a musician, glorify the Supreme Lord by playing musical instruments.  Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam  ( Bhāg.  1.2.13). The perfection of life is to satisfy the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, beginning from this earth up to the celestial kingdom, everyone engaged in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The decision of all great saintly persons is that whatever qualifications one has acquired should be utilized to glorify the Supreme Lord.
idaṁ hi puṁsas tapasaḥ śrutasya vā sviṣṭasya sūktasya ca buddhi-dattayoḥ avicyuto 'rthaḥ kavibhir nirūpito yad uttamaśloka-guṇānuvarṇanam
“Learned sages have definitely concluded that the infallible purpose of the advancement of knowledge, austerity, Vedic study, sacrifice, the