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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 14]
occupation renders service by the resultant actions of his activities. That is the perfection of life. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānām yena sarvam idam tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhim vindati mānavaḥ
“By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection.” (Bg. 18.46)
Thus the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  śūdras  and  vaiśyas  must execute their prescribed duties as these duties are stated in the  śāstras . In this way everyone can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. The king, or government head, has to see that the citizens are thus engaged. In other words, the state or the government must not deviate from its duty by declaring that the state is a secular one which has no interest in whether or not the people advance in  varṇāśrama-dharma . Today people engaged in government service and people who rule over the citizens have no respect for the  varṇāśrama-dharma . They complacently feel that the state is secular. In such a government, no one can be happy. The people must follow the  varṇāśrama-dharma , and the king must see that they are following it nicely.
TEXT 19
तस्य राज्ञो महाभाग भगवान् भूतभावनः। परितुष्यति विश्वात्मा तिष्ठतो निजशासने ॥१९॥
tasya rājño mahā-bhāga bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ parituṣyati viśvātmā tiṣṭhato nija-śāsane
tasya—with him; rājñaḥ—the king; mahā-bhāga—O noble one; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhūta-bhāvanaḥ—who is the original cause of the cosmic manifestation; parituṣyati—becomes satisfied; viśva-ātmā—the Supersoul of the entire universe; tiṣṭhataḥ—being situated; nija-śāsane—in his own governing situation.
TRANSLATION
O noble one, if the king sees that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original cause of the cosmic manifestation and the Supersoul within everyone, is worshiped, the Lord will be satisfied.