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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 29]
sense of the Lord's presence everywhere, then we are lacking in devotional service; in such a state of ignorance, we cannot offer anything acceptable to the Lord.
TEXT 25
अर्चादावर्चयेत्तावदीश्वरं मां स्वकर्मकृत् । यावन्न वेद स्वहृदि सर्वभूतेष्ववस्थितम् ॥२५॥
arcādāv arcayet tāvad tśvaraṁ māṁ sva-karma-kṛt yāvan na veda sva-hṛdi sarva-bhūteṣv avasthitam
arcā-ādau —beginning with worship of the Deity;  arcayet —one should worship;  tāvat —so long;  tśvaram —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mām —Me;  sva —his own;  karma —prescribed duties;  kṛt —performing;  yāvat —as long as;  na —not;  veda —he realizes;  sva-hṛdi —in his own heart;  sarva-bhūteṣu —in all living entities;  avasthitam —situated.
TRANSLATION
Performing his prescribed duties, one should worship the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead until he realizes My presence in his own heart and in the hearts of other living entities as well.
PURPORT
Worship of the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is prescribed herewith even for persons who are simply discharging their prescribed duties. There are prescribed duties for the different classes of men—the  brāhmaṇas , the  vaiśyas , the  kṣatriyas  and the  śūdras —and for the different  āśramas — brahmacarya ,  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha  and  sannyāsa . One should worship the Deity of the Lord until one appreciates the presence of the Lord in every living entity. In other words, one should not be satisfied simply by discharging his duties properly; he must realize his relationship and the relationship of all other living entities with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If he does not understand this, then even though he discharges his prescribed duties properly, it is to be understood that he is simply laboring without profit.
The word  sva-karma-kṛt  in this verse is very significant.  Sva-karma-kṛt  is one who engages in discharging his prescribed duties. It is not that one