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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 22]
ing to other living beings;  ca —and;  katham —how;  kleśāḥ —miseries;  bādhante —can trouble;  hari-samśrayam —one who has taken shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, O Vidura, how can persons completely under the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa in devotional service be put into miseries pertaining to the body, the mind, nature, and other men and living creatures?
PURPORT
Every living entity within this material world is always afflicted by some kind of miseries, pertaining either to the body, the mind, or natural disturbances. Distresses due to cold in winter and severe heat in summer always inflict miseries on the living entities in this material world, but one who has completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is in the transcendental stage; he is not disturbed by any miseries, either due to the body, the mind, or natural disturbances of summer and winter. He is transcendental to all these miseries.
TEXT 38
यः पृष्ठो मुनिभिः प्राह धर्मान्नाविधाञ्छुभान् । नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहितः सदा ॥३८॥
yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāha dharmān nānā-vidhāc chubhān nṛṇām varṇāśramāṇām ca sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā
yaḥ —who;  pṛṣṭaḥ —being questioned;  munibhiḥ —by the sages;  prāha —spoke;  dharmān —the duties;  nānā-vidhān —many varieties;  śubhān —auspicious;  nṛṇām —of human society;  varṇa-āśramāṇām —of the  varṇas  and  āśramas ;  ca —and;  sarva-bhūta —for all living beings;  hitaḥ —who does welfare;  sadā —always.
TRANSLATION
In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different  varṇas  and  āśramas .