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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 4]
satisfaction of any other identity, individual or collective ( saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam ). In the  Bhagavad-gītā  also the same principle is confirmed (Bg. 9.27), and it is said there that whatever we may give in charity and whatever we may observe in austerity must be given over to the Lord or be done on His account only. The expert leaders of a godless human civilization cannot bring about a fruitful result in all their different attempts at educational advancement or economic development unless they are God conscious. And to become God conscious one has to hear about the all-auspicious Lord, as He is described in literature like the  Bhagavad-gītā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
TEXT 18
किरातहूणान्ध्रपुलिन्दपुल्कशा
आभीरशुम्भा यवनाःखसादयः।
येऽन्ये च पापा यदपाश्रयाश्रयाः
शुध्यन्ति तस्मै प्रभविष्णवे नमः॥१८॥
kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ
ye'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ
śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
kirāta —a province of old Bhārata;  hūṇa —part of Germany and Russia;  āndhra —a province of Southern India;  pulinda —the Greeks;  pulkaśāḥ —another province;  ābhīra —part of old Sindh;  śumbhāḥ —another province;  yavanāḥ —the Turks;  khasa-ādayaḥ —the Mongolian Province;  ye —even those;  anye —others;  ca —also;  pāpāḥ —addicted to sinful acts;  yat —whose;  apāśraya-āśrayāḥ —having taken shelter of the devotees of the Lord;  śudhyanti —at once purified;  tasmai —unto Him;  prabhaviṣṇave —unto the powerful Viṣṇu;  namaḥ —my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana and the Khasa races and even others who are addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.