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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 9]
perfectional stage of life, and unless and until such real earnestness is aroused, there is a difference between cleanliness or uncleanliness, learning or nonlearning in the material estimation. The fire is always fire, and thus if someone touches the fire, knowingly or unknowingly, the fire will act in its own way without any discrimination. The principle is:  harir harati pāpāni duṣṭa-cittair api smṛtaḥ . The all-powerful Lord can purify the devotee of all sinful reactions, just as the sun can sterilize all sorts of infections by its powerful rays. “Attraction of material enjoyment cannot act upon a pure devotee of the Lord.” There are hundreds and thousands of aphorisms in the revealed scriptures.  Ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ . Even the self-realized souls are also attracted by the transcendental loving service of the Lord.  Kecit kevalayā bhaktyā vāsudeva-parāyaṇā : “Simply by hearing and chanting, one becomes a great devotee of Lord Vāsudeva.”  Na calati bhagavat-padāravindāl lavanimiṣārdham api sa vaiṣṇavāgryaḥ : “A person who does not move from the lotus feet of the Lord even for a moment or a second is to be considered the greatest of all Vaiṣṇavas.”  Bhagavat-pārṣadatāṁ prāpte mat-sevayā pratītaṁ te : “The pure devotees are convinced of attaining the association of the Personality of Godhead, and thus they are always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.” Therefore in all continents, in all planets, in all universes, there is currency of devotional service of the Lord, or  bhakti-yoga , and that is the statement of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and allied scriptures. Everywhere means in every part of the creation of the Lord. The Lord can be served by all the senses, or even simply by the mind. The South Indian  brāhmaṇa  who served the Lord simply on the strength of his mind also factually realized the Lord. Success is guaranteed for a devotee who fully engages any one of his senses in the mode of devotional service. The Lord can be served by any ingredient, even the most common commodities—a flower, a leaf, a fruit or a little water, which are available in any part of the universe and without any cost—and thus the Lord is served universally by the universal entities. He can be served simply by hearing, He can be served simply by chanting or reading about His activities, He can be served simply by adoring Him and accepting Him.
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is stated that one can serve the Lord by offering the result of one’s own work; it does not matter what one does. Generally men may say that whatever they are doing is inspired by God, but that is not all. One should actually work on behalf of God as a servant of God. The Lord says in the  Bhagavad-gītā : (Bg. 9.27)
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam