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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 6]
disease of the conditioned soul. The conditioned soul in the material world wants to lord it over others. Illusioned by the external energy of the Lord, he is forced to become a servant of the material world. That is the real position of the conditioned soul. The last snare of the illusory external energy is the conception of becoming one with the Lord, and due to this conception the illusioned soul remains in the bondage of material energy, falsely thinking himself a liberated soul and “as good as Nārāyaṇa.”
It is actually better to be a  śūdra  than to be a  brāhmaṇa  and not develop the service attitude because that attitude alone satisfies the Lord. Every living being—even if he be a  brāhmaṇa  by qualification—must take to the transcendental service of the Lord. Both  Bhagavad-gītā  and the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  support that this service attitude is the perfection of the living entity. A  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra  can perfect his occupational duties only by rendering service unto the Lord. A  brāhmaṇa  is supposed to know this fact due to his perfection in Vedic wisdom. The other sections are supposed to follow the direction of the  brāhmaṇa-Vaiṣṇava  (one who is a  brāhmaṇa  by qualification and a  Vaiṣṇava  by action). That will make the entire society perfect in regard to the order of its social construction. A disordered society cannot satisfy either the members of the society or the Lord. Even if one is not a perfect  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra  but takes to the service of the Lord, not caring for the perfection of his social position, he becomes a perfect human being simply by developing the attitude of service to the Supreme Lord.
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एते वर्णाः स्वधर्मेण यजन्ति स्वगुरुं हरिम् । 
    श्रद्धयाऽऽत्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं यजाताः सह पुत्रिभिः॥३४॥
ete varṇāḥ sva-dharmeṇa  
 yajanti sva-gurum harim  
 śraddhayā ”tma-viśuddhyartham  
 yaj jātāḥ saha vṛttibhiḥ
ete —all these;  varṇāḥ —orders of society;  sva-dharmeṇa —by one’s own occupational duties;  yajanti —worship;  sva-gurum —with the spiritual master;  harim —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  śraddhayā —with faith and devotion;  ātma —self;  viśuddhyartham —for purifying;  yat —from whom;  jātāḥ —born;  saha —along with;  vṛttibhiḥ —occupational duty.